Advocacy and analysis

Advocacy: A Concept Analysis

Advocacy for patients is seen as a necessary function of nursing; nonetheless, being selfadvocates of nursing has not. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics for Nurses (2001) states: “The nurse owes the same duty to self as to others...” Advocacy is recognized as essential in numerous fields and presents an intricate concept. The intent of this paper is to use the Walker and Advant (20...

Patient advocacy: a concept analysis

THE TERM advocacy has appeared in nursing literature for almost two decades (Hewitt 2002, Mallik 1997). Much of the literature has attempted to legitimise and encompass patient advocacy in the role of the nurse. However, reservations about the suitability of the nurse to act as patient advocate have also been expressed (Allmark and Klarzynski 1992, Copp 1986, Walsh 1985). Advocacy first appeare...

response articles: micro and macro analysis

the present study reports an analysis of response articles in four different disciplines in the social sciences, i.e., linguistics, english for specific purposes (esp), accounting, and psychology. the study has three phases: micro analysis, macro analysis, and e-mail interview. the results of the micro analysis indicate that a three-level linguistic pattern is used by the writers in order to cr...

Advocacy.

The Psychology of Advocacy and the Advocacy of Psychology

This article addresses needs and opportunities for advocacy for the science, education and practice of psychology from the perspectives of three leaders within organized psychology, academia, and hospital practice. The authors make distinctions between knowledge transfer and knowledge translation as well as between lobbying and advocacy. They define proactive and reactive advocacy and draw atte...