<unk>  is an area of specialization in health care concerned with<unk>  for<unk> s, survivors, and caregivers. The<unk>  advocate may be an individual or an organization, often, though not always, concerned with one specific group of disorders. The terms<unk>  advocate and<unk>  can refer both to individual advocates providing services that organizations also provide, and to organizations whose functions extend to individual<unk> s. Some<unk>  advocates work for the institutions that are directly responsible for the<unk> 's care. Typical<unk>  activities are the following: safeguarding<unk> s from errors, incompetence and misconduct;<unk>  rights, matters of privacy, confidentiality or informed consent,<unk>  representation, awareness building, support and education of<unk> s, survivors and their carers.<unk>  advocates give a voice to<unk> s, survivors and their carers on healthcare-related (public) fora, informing the public, the political and regulatory world, health-care providers (hospitals, insurers, pharmaceutical companies etc.), organizations of health-care professionals, the educational world, and the medical and pharmaceutical research communities. Nurses can perform a de facto role of<unk> .<unk> s can advocate for themselves through self-advocacy and the ability for this self-advocacy can be learnt or improved through training.
Patient advocacy
Community health trust
Nursing ethics
Admitting privileges
Respect for persons
Continuing medical education
Source control 
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