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Abstract
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.
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Synonyms
11 entry terms
- Advocacy, Patient
- Clinical Ombudsman
- Patient Ombudsman
- Patient Ombudsmen
- Patient Representatives
- Ombudsman, Clinical
- Ombudsman, Patient
- Ombudsmen, Patient
- Patient Representative
- Representative, Patient
- Representatives, Patient
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10 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.
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Previous Indexing
- Human Rights (1973-1975)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Patient Advocacy. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010344. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010344
- Patient Advocacy. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient_advocacy
- Patient Advocacy. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7144984