patient advocacy

Preferred Label : patient advocacy;

MeSH definition : Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.;

MeSH synonym : advocacy, patient;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Patients' rights;

Related MeSH term : clinical ombudsman; patient representatives; patient ombudsmen; Ombudsmen, Patient; Patient Ombudsman; Ombudsman, Patient; Patient Representative; Representative, Patient; Representatives, Patient; Ombudsman, Clinical;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patients' rights;

Details

Origin ID

D010344;

UMLS CUI

C0030674;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- education [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- legislation and jurisprudence [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Acting as individual patient advocate (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Patient Advocacy [DeCS]
- Patient advocate (person) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- patient advocacy [Q-code]
MedlinePlus topic(s)
- patient safety [MedlinePlus Topic]
Metaterm(s)
- ethics [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- clinical ombudsman [MeSH concept]
- patient advocacy [MeSH concept]
- patient ombudsmen [MeSH concept]
- patient representatives [MeSH concept]
See also
- Commitment of Persons with Psychiatric Disorders [MeSH Descriptor]
- patient rights [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Health Care Activity [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Acting as individual patient advocate (regime/therapy) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Advocating For Patient [ICNP intervention]

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Main resources

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