Targum S D, Capodanno A E, Hoffman H A, Foudraine C
Am J Psychiatry. 1982 May;139(5):657-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.139.5.657.
The initiation of a patient advocacy program in a private psychiatric hospital in 1980 was effective in significantly reducing the rate of hospital discharges against medical advice relative to the rate in 1979 and in 1978. There was also a concomitant increase in the rate of clinically approved discharges relative to that in 1979 and in 1978. The authors view the patient advocate as an objective intermediary who represents an acknowledgment of patients' rights and affords patients an opportunity to have some autonomy and an impact on the hospital system.
1980年，一家私立精神病医院启动了患者权益倡导项目，与1979年和1978年相比，该项目有效显著降低了违反医嘱出院的比例。同时，与1979年和1978年相比，临床批准出院的比例也有所增加。作者将患者权益倡导者视为客观的中间人，这代表着对患者权利的认可，并为患者提供了一定的自主权以及对医院系统产生影响的机会。
