School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Drs Thomas, Donovan, Rosenzweig, and Bender); and Palliative Research Center (PaRC), Section of Palliative Care and Medical Ethics, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Dr Schenker).
ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2021;44(1):E1-E13. doi: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000342.
Researchers define self-advocacy as the ability of an individual with cancer to overcome challenges in getting their preferences, needs, and values met. While imperative in all health care settings, self-advocacy is especially important in cancer care. The goal of this article is to present a conceptual framework for self-advocacy in cancer. We review foundational studies in self-advocacy, define the elements of the conceptual framework, discuss underlying assumptions of the framework, and suggest future directions in this research area. This framework provides an empirical and conceptual basis for studies designed to understand and improve self-advocacy among women with cancer.
研究人员将自我倡导定义为癌症患者克服满足其偏好、需求和价值观的挑战的能力。自我倡导在所有医疗保健环境中都至关重要，但在癌症护理中尤为重要。本文的目的是提出癌症自我倡导的概念框架。我们回顾了自我倡导的基础研究，定义了概念框架的要素，讨论了框架的基本假设，并为该研究领域提出了未来的方向。该框架为旨在理解和提高癌症女性自我倡导能力的研究提供了经验和概念基础。
