Patient advocacy: What is its role?

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Lara, Alice Ann ^a   Salberg, Lisa ^b  

^a Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation   (United States)

^b Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Community organizations; Participatory research; Patient advocacy; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY; CONSUMER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN NEEDS; INTERNET; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RESPONSIBILITY; SELF ESTEEM; SUPPORT GROUP;

CARDIAC ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 68249151198     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02392.x     Document Type: Article

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