Improving healthcare through advocacy: a guide for the health and helping professions

Preface. 1 Embedding Advocacy in the U.S. Health System. 2 How the U.S. Health System Contributes to Consumers' Seven Problems. 3 An Advocacy Practice Framework: Tasks, Skills, and Actions. 4 Case Advocacy Skills. 5 Advocacy to Protect Consumers' Ethical Rights. 6 Advocacy to Improve Consumers' Quality of Care. 7 Advocacy to Promote Culturally Competent Health Services. 8 Using Advocacy to Promote Prevention in Health. 9 Using Advocacy to Help Consumers Finance Their Healthcare. 10 Advocacy for Healthcare Consumers Needing Mental Health Services. 11 Advocacy to Help Consumers Receive Community-Based Care. 12 A Framework for Policy Advocacy by Healthcare Professionals. 13 Using Policy Advocacy to Embed Advocacy in Healthcare Organizations. 14 Policy Advocacy in Community, Electoral, and Government Settings. References. Author Index. Subject Index.