Analyse The Importance Of Patient Advocacy

Remembering that patients are human is very important when working in the healthcare field. Patients are not products or a diagnosis, they are humans and should be treated accordingly. Getting to know a patient is important to ensure the best treatment possible. Receiving additional information from patients allow medical personnel to advocate for the patient’s best interest. Patient advocacy is important to make sure all patients are treated with respect and dignity. Patients should have a voice in every medical professional, they must know their wants and needs and execute them. Healthcare professionals should also protect interest of the patients in their absence.
It is easier to provide the best medical care, when one takes the time to get to know their patients. When patients are overlooked, it can be easier to cause harm. Simple thing like learning the patients name will help a treat a patient like a human versus a product. In addition to learning their names, healthcare providers should learn their personality and ways of living to provide proper treatment. For instance, the lecture uses the example of a Jehovah Witness and Jewish person. The Jehovah Witness does not believe in
When a child comes in the emergency room with bruises and handprints all over their body, it is the medical personnel responsibility to report the abuse. Protecting that child becomes priority, speaking up and out for them when they cannot. Being the voice for the voiceless also protect unresponsive patients. Checking and refusing the services of others, when they could harm the patients. The example used was a doctor called for a certain dosage of medication for the patient, to advocate means making sure that dosage is correct and challenging it, when it is not. Without patient advocacy the abuse would continue for the child, and the wrong dosage of medication for the patient could have caused a deadly