Question

In your clinical setting, consider the many times and various ways in which you acted as a patient or family advocate. Which model did you follow in advocating for the patient: rights protection model, values-based model, or respect for persons model? Would having used a different model have changed the outcome? Were there also instances when you chose not to be an advocate for a particular patient? What circumstances or events prevented you from serving in this role?

Answer 1

Yes, In my clinical setting I had came acorss with many situations in which I was required to act as a Patient or family advocate. While its comes to patient advocacy I consider all the models as effective. Sometines I followed the right protection model. Because being a health care profession I have to always work as a liason between hospital and patient. We need to follow the ethical pronciple while provide healthcare to any patient. Is it very important to to protect the human rights while providing treatment to a patient. While using this model the patient feels more confident towards his treatment plan and outcome is always positive.

While the patient is in a critical stage or in a condition where the patient can take a valid judgement, in those situation the healthcare professional has to take a deceision accordingly.