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Patients' rights advocacy: implications for program design and implementation.

M C Olley1, J R Ogloff

  • 1Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.

Journal of Mental Health Administration
|October 1, 1995
PubMed
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Mental health patients

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Area of Science:

  • Mental Health Law
  • Patient Rights Advocacy
  • Healthcare Policy

Background:

  • Individuals in mental health facilities often face deprivation of civil and legal rights.
  • Legislation in Canada and the US aims to protect these rights.
  • Advocacy programs are crucial for enforcing these protections.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the importance of advocacy programs for mental health professionals.
  • To analyze the structural aspects of developing and administering these programs.
  • To identify success factors for patient rights advocacy.

Main Methods:

  • Examination of existing patients' rights advocacy programs.
  • Identification of program strengths and weaknesses.
  • Analysis of general success factors.

Main Results:

  • Key strengths, weaknesses, and success factors of advocacy programs were identified.
  • Insights into the structural issues influencing program effectiveness were gained.
  • Recommendations for program development and implementation were formulated.

Conclusions:

  • Advocacy programs are vital for safeguarding rights of individuals in mental health care.
  • Understanding structural issues is key to effective program design and administration.
  • Further empirical research is needed to advance patient rights advocacy.

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