Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy: A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions
"Bruce Jansson's thoughtful and innovative book will appeal to students in social work, nursing, and public health as well as those working in the health field of practice. The case examples are extraordinary, and Jansson provides the ideas, context, and theoretical base for readers to acquire the skills of advocacy in healthcare. This is by far the best advocacy book I have seen."—Gary Rosenberg, Ph.D., Director, Division of Social Work & Behavioral Science Mount Sinai"Improving Healthcare Through Advocacyis a terrific description of opportunities for advocacy intervention and provides the skill sets necessary for effective advocacy. A needed book."—Laura Weil, Director, Health Advocacy Program, Sarah Lawrence College"Improving Healthcare Through Advocacyis an invaluable resource for practitioners working in the healthcare field as well as for students. It very thoroughly covers healthcare advocacy issues, contains real-world case examples, and provides a clear, step-by-step framework for practicing advocacy."—Kimberly Campbell, ACSW, LCSW, Department of Social Work, Ball State University