Advocacy in Health Care

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xx

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2. Milestones in Public Interest Advocacy

   • Paul G. Rogers

   Pages 1-7

3. The Need for Health Advocacy

   • David Axelrod

   Pages 9-18

4. Hospice as Advocacy

   • David Greer

   Pages 19-26

5. Health Advocacy Among Minority Groups

   • George I. Lythcott

   Pages 27-39

6. Advocacy for Children

   • Sara Rosenbaum

   Pages 41-49

7. Patient Advocacy

   • Ruth Ravich

   Pages 51-60

8. Advocacy for the Elderly

   • Robert N. Butler

   Pages 61-65

9. Advocacy Issues for Older Women

   • Myrna Lewis

   Pages 67-76

10. Unionized Health Workers

    • Victor Gotbaum

    Pages 77-82

11. Quality Management neé Quality Assurance

    • Vergil N. Slee

    Pages 83-93

12. Confessions of a Naive Scientist

    • Irving J. Selikoff

    Pages 95-97

13. New Approaches to the Resolution of Professional Liability Problems

    • Don Harper Mills

    Pages 99-102

14. Advocacy for the Mentally Ill

    • Herbert Pardes

    Pages 103-111

15. Communication Networks

    • Suzanne Rauffenbart

    Pages 113-118

16. Back Matter

    Pages 119-140

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The roles of both the consumer and the health advocate professional have become increasingly significant in to­ day's climate of "rationed" health care. It seems clear that the timely exchange of ideas among seasoned health care advocates is necessary if we are to deal with the complex problems of a technologically advanced so­ ciety seeking to ration its heath care in a truly humane way. Toward such a timely exchange, the first Confer­ ence on Advocacy in Health Care was organized by the Health Advocacy Program of Sarah Lawrence College and recently held. Advocacy in Health Care: The Power of a Silent Constituency is the proceedings of the conference and will, we believe, greatly extend our efforts to share both the problems and solutions that effective patient advocacy entails. Never before has the issue of advocating for special population groups by combining the resources of consumers and professionals been the exclusive focus of one volume. This book discusses the power of such an alignment and describes specific organizational techniques that have been effective in bringing about changes in the delivery system. The final section of the book, "Questions, Com­ ments and Answers," presents a selection of topics of special interest that surfaced during the open disc- vii viii Preface sion at the last conference session. The comments were forthright in their criticism of public policy, and the vigor of the argument underscored the vitality of the co­ alition between professionals and consumers.

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• health
• organizations
• quality assurance

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