Patient advocacy: psychiatrists' perspectives.
This paper describes the responses of senior psychiatrists in Wales to a questionnaire exploring their knowledge and beliefs about patient advocacy. The results suggest mainly pro-advocacy attitudes; respondents who had not met advocacy groups involving their own patients holding attitudes almost as positive as those who had. However, despite these findings, further research is required to define the specific benefits of advocacy before further resources are diverted to the development of such services.
Tannahill
M
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University of Wales College of Medicine, North Wales Hospital, Denbigh, Clwyd.
Lawson
C
C
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales