Undertaking the Role of Patient Advocate: a longitudinal study of nursing students

Patient advocacy has been claimed as a new role for professional nurses and many codes of ethics for nurses state that they act as patient advocates. Nursing education is faced with the challenge of preparing nurses for this role. In this article we describe the results of a study that considered th...

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Authors: Altun, Insaf (Author) ; Ersoy, Nermin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2003
In: Nursing ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 10, Issue: 5, Pages: 462-471
Further subjects:B patients’ bill of rights
B patient advocate role
B nursing students
B nursing ethics training
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