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Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Part I Understanding Advocacy
1 What Is Advocacy, and Why Is It Important?
2 Conceptualizing Advocacy
3 Where Do We Fit In? Advocating for Our Patients and Our Profession
Advocacy Role Model Interview: Julie Chilton, M.D. Advocacy Through Self-Disclosure
4 How Do I Become an Advocate?
Advocacy Role Model Interview: Jeffrey Akaka, M.D. Advocacy Through Organized Medicine
Part II Practicing Advocacy
5 Patient-Level Advocacy
6 Organizational Advocacy
Advocacy Role Model Interview: Ken Duckworth, M.D. Advocacy Through Organizational Leadership
7 Legislative Advocacy
8 Education as Advocacy
9 Research as Advocacy
10 Engaging the Popular Media
Advocacy Role Model Interview: Jeremy Kidd, M.D., M.P.H. Advocacy Through Communication With the Public
Part III Advocacy for Special Populations
11 Advocacy for Children and Families
12 Advocacy for Older Adults
13 Advocacy for LGBTQ Patients
14 Advocacy for Immigrants, Refugees, and Their Families
15 Advocacy for People With Substance Use Disorders
16 Advocacy for Military Service Members
17 Advocacy for Veterans and Their Families
18 Advocacy for Patients in Medical Settings
19 Community and Public Sector Advocacy
20 Advocacy for People With Mental Illness at Risk for Criminal Justice Involvement
Index
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