 Patient Advocacy
"Patient Advocacy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Promotion and protection of the rights of patients, frequently through a legal process.
| Descriptor ID |
D010344
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| MeSH Number(s) |
I01.880.604.631 N03.706.678
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| Concept/Terms |
Patient Ombudsmen- Patient Ombudsmen
- Ombudsmen, Patient
- Patient Ombudsman
- Ombudsman, Patient
Patient Representatives- Patient Representatives
- Patient Representative
- Representative, Patient
- Representatives, Patient
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Patient Advocacy".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Patient Advocacy".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Patient Advocacy" by people in this website by year, and whether "Patient Advocacy" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2005 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2006 | 1 | 4 | 5 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2022 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 3 | 1 | 4 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Patient Advocacy" by people in Profiles.
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Wainstein M, Marioli PA, Brown M, Abdul Hafidz MI, Neyra JA, Cervantes L. The Interchangeable Nature of Our Destinies: Health Inequities Born From Social and Structural Determinants of Health and the Advocacy Journey to Overcome Them. Adv Kidney Dis Health. 2025 May; 32(3):301-308.
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Gonzaga MI, Zahedi-Spung L. Physicians as Advocates: Ethical Duties and Practical Strategies. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2025 Jun; 52(2):383-397.
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Lazris D, Donovan HS, Scott P, Nilsen ML, Thomas TH. Gender Differences in Self-Advocacy Among Cancer Survivors: How Women and Men Vary in How They Learn to Engage in Decision-Making and Social Support. J Cancer Educ. 2025 Aug; 40(4):513-520.
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Rizzolo K, Rockey N, Cervantes L. Centering marginalized voices in advocacy for equitable policy change in kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2024 Nov 01; 33(6):647-651.
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Valenti K, Doyon K, Morgan B, Quinn G, Bekelman D. My Partner Is My Family: Engaging and Advocating for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer+ Patients in Goals of Care Conversations. J Hosp Palliat Nurs. 2024 08 01; 26(4):212-218.
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Raghu G, Ghazipura M, Fleming TR, Aronson KI, Behr J, Brown KK, Flaherty KR, Kazerooni EA, Maher TM, Richeldi L, Lasky JA, Swigris JJ, Busch R, Garrard L, Ahn DH, Li J, Puthawala K, Rodal G, Seymour S, Weir N, Danoff SK, Ettinger N, Goldin J, Glassberg MK, Kawano-Dourado L, Khalil N, Lancaster L, Lynch DA, Mageto Y, Noth I, Shore JE, Wijsenbeek M, Brown R, Grogan D, Ivey D, Golinska P, Karimi-Shah B, Martinez FJ. Meaningful Endpoints for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF) Clinical Trials: Emphasis on 'Feels, Functions, Survives'. Report of a Collaborative Discussion in a Symposium with Direct Engagement from Representatives of Patients, Investigators, the National Institutes of Health, a Patient Advocacy Organization, and a Regulatory Agency. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024 03 15; 209(6):647-669.
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Stewart AM, Lee LK, Bettenhausen JL, Shah AN, Jarvis LR, Keller D, Gambill LK. Enhancing Physician Advocacy Through Collaboration With Government Relations: Report From the Health Policy Scholars Program. Acad Pediatr. 2024 07; 24(5):820-825.
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Tate A, Spencer KL. High-Stakes Treatment Negotiations Gone Awry: The Importance of Interactions for Understanding Treatment Advocacy and Patient Resistance. J Health Soc Behav. 2024 06; 65(2):237-255.
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Earnest M, Wong SL, Federico S, Cervantes L. A Model of Advocacy to Inform Action. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 01; 38(1):208-212.
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Joshi A, Heller RE, Acharya PT, Milla SS, Annam A. Pediatric radiology and advocacy: a professional responsibility. Pediatr Radiol. 2022 07; 52(8):1412-1419.
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