Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study
© 2017 Taylor & Francis. Advocates perform an important role in representing the rights of mental health consumers, especially since mental health consumers are often marginalized. Little is known about the processes advocates use to assist mental health consumers in navigating the health care...
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| author | Stomski, N. Morrison, P. Whitely, Martin Brennan, P. |
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| description | © 2017 Taylor & Francis. Advocates perform an important role in representing the rights of mental health consumers, especially since mental health consumers are often marginalized. Little is known about the processes advocates use to assist mental health consumers in navigating the health care system. This study details the manner in which advocates work together with mental health consumers and health professionals through presenting a qualitative synthesis of 60 case records. Four main themes emerged: negotiating on behalf of consumers during meetings with health professionals; liaising between consumers and health professionals outside of meetings; supporting consumer decision making without the involvement of health professionals; and involvement in legal processes. The findings of this study demonstrated that advocates were primarily oriented toward the protection of negative rights, but they also promoted positive rights. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-713942018-12-13T09:32:59Z Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study Stomski, N. Morrison, P. Whitely, Martin Brennan, P. © 2017 Taylor & Francis. Advocates perform an important role in representing the rights of mental health consumers, especially since mental health consumers are often marginalized. Little is known about the processes advocates use to assist mental health consumers in navigating the health care system. This study details the manner in which advocates work together with mental health consumers and health professionals through presenting a qualitative synthesis of 60 case records. Four main themes emerged: negotiating on behalf of consumers during meetings with health professionals; liaising between consumers and health professionals outside of meetings; supporting consumer decision making without the involvement of health professionals; and involvement in legal processes. The findings of this study demonstrated that advocates were primarily oriented toward the protection of negative rights, but they also promoted positive rights. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71394 10.1080/14780887.2017.1282567 Routledge restricted |
| spellingShingle | Stomski, N. Morrison, P. Whitely, Martin Brennan, P. Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| title | Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| title_full | Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| title_fullStr | Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| title_short | Advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| title_sort | advocacy processes in mental health: a qualitative study |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71394 |