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2. Patient advocacy - Wikipedia

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   Patient advocacy, as a hospital-based practice, grew out of this patient rights movement: patient advocates (often called patient representatives) were needed to protect and enhance the rights of patients at a time when hospital stays were long and acute conditions—heart disease, stroke and cancer—contributed to the boom in hospital growth.

3. Court Appointed Special Advocates - Wikipedia

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   Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) is a national association in the United States that supports and promotes court-appointed advocates for abused or neglected children. CASA are volunteers from the community who complete training that has been provided by the state or local CASA office. [ 1 ]

4. Child advocacy - Wikipedia

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   Child advocacy centers (CAC) provide a child-friendly, safe and neutral location in which law enforcement and Child Protective Services investigators may conduct and observe forensic interviews with children who are alleged victims of crimes, and where the child and non-offending family members receive support, crisis intervention and referrals for mental health and medical treatment.

5. A 'dangerous precedent': Doctors and patient advocates fear ...

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   Audrey Wrobel, 27, of Philadelphia and a patient advocate for Planned Parenthood, said medication abortion was the best option for her when she decided to end her pregnancy in 2015.

6. Ageism in health care is a $63 billion problem. An expert ...

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   While systemic change is essential, individual patients can take steps to advocate for better care. Steward partnered with several community organizations to pilot a 10-session anti-ageism peer ...

7. Surrogate decision-maker - Wikipedia

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   The Patient Self-Determination Act guarantees a patient's right to formally designate a surrogate to make treatment decisions for the patient if the patient becomes unable to make their own decisions. A surrogate decision-maker, or durable power of attorney for health care (DPA/HC), must be documented.