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The advocacy movement in gynecologic oncology
1GlaxoSmithKline Oncology, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Seminars in Oncology Nursing
|August 20, 2002
Abstract
Objectives:
To review the development of the advocacy movement in gynecologic oncology.
Data Sources:
Professional journals, texts, newspapers, organization newsletters and briefs, and internet web sites.
Conclusions:
Advocacy in gynecology oncology has grown tremendously in the past 5 years. Advocacy groups offer information and resources to patients and family members; other groups target public policy and federal funding.
Implications For Nursing Practice:
Nursing must remain involved in all aspects of patient advocacy and partner with leading advocacy movements to effect health care change.