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Advocacy strategies for health and mental health professionals : from patients to policies / [edited by] Stuart L. Lustig.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Springer Publishing Company, ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxv, 213 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780826109071
  • 0826109071
  • 0826109063
  • 9780826109064
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Advocacy strategies for health and mental health professionals.DDC classification:
  • 362.1 23
LOC classification:
  • R727.45
NLM classification:
  • W 85.4
Online resources:
Contents:
Discovering your inner advocate / Molly Lubin and Stuart L. Lustig -- Learning how to advocate : perspectives from medical educators / John Q. Young, Fumi Mitsuishi, and Lowell Tong -- Overview of the political advocacy process / Richard L. Barnes -- Legislative advocacy : putting your house in order / Kristin Kroeger Ptakowski -- How to work with the media / Aaron Levin -- Is there a lawyer in the house? When to work with an attorney / Sarah S. Wessels and Megan Sandel -- Class action for health professionals / Bruce L. Simon and Thomas K. Boardman -- Leveraging research findings : learning the practice of advocacy / Geri L. Dickson -- Working with families and community organizations / Robert Hendren and Lee Grossman -- Finding funds / Tracy Mills -- A comprehensive strategy : putting it all together / Richard L. Barnes.
Summary: A wealth of advocacy tools for health and mental health professionals at all levels of training and practice are included in this clear and comprehensive volume. Written by medical, legal, and policy experts, it fills a void in the literature by addressing multiple topics in advocacy in the health field as a whole. The text addresses the legislative process, provides step-by-step approaches for using the media, and discusses when to seek an attorney, when to litigate, working with family and community, and funding strategies. It also covers such seldom-addressed topics as leveraging research findings for advocacy purposes.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Discovering your inner advocate / Molly Lubin and Stuart L. Lustig -- Learning how to advocate : perspectives from medical educators / John Q. Young, Fumi Mitsuishi, and Lowell Tong -- Overview of the political advocacy process / Richard L. Barnes -- Legislative advocacy : putting your house in order / Kristin Kroeger Ptakowski -- How to work with the media / Aaron Levin -- Is there a lawyer in the house? When to work with an attorney / Sarah S. Wessels and Megan Sandel -- Class action for health professionals / Bruce L. Simon and Thomas K. Boardman -- Leveraging research findings : learning the practice of advocacy / Geri L. Dickson -- Working with families and community organizations / Robert Hendren and Lee Grossman -- Finding funds / Tracy Mills -- A comprehensive strategy : putting it all together / Richard L. Barnes.

A wealth of advocacy tools for health and mental health professionals at all levels of training and practice are included in this clear and comprehensive volume. Written by medical, legal, and policy experts, it fills a void in the literature by addressing multiple topics in advocacy in the health field as a whole. The text addresses the legislative process, provides step-by-step approaches for using the media, and discusses when to seek an attorney, when to litigate, working with family and community, and funding strategies. It also covers such seldom-addressed topics as leveraging research findings for advocacy purposes.

Print version record.

English.

WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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