Waters M E, al-Assaf A F
Harris Methodist Health Plan, Ft. Worth, TX 76021.
J Allied Health. 1993 Spring;22(2):183-93.
The hospital patient representative is the liaison between patients and other hospital staff members and administration. This person may be known by different titles, ie, patient representative, guest representative, patient advocate, and others. Unfortunately, no recent studies have been conducted to identify current demographic characteristics of a typical hospital patient representative; data from older studies is outdated and no longer useful. This paper presents the results of a national survey of hospital patient representatives. This study sought to identify and analyze basic demographic and occupational data of this group. An analysis of the patient representative perceived roles in the hospital was also conducted.
医院患者代表是患者与其他医院工作人员及管理层之间的联络人。这个人可能有不同的称呼，如患者代表、访客代表、患者权益倡导者等。遗憾的是，最近没有进行过研究来确定典型医院患者代表目前的人口统计学特征；早期研究的数据已经过时，不再有用。本文介绍了一项针对医院患者代表的全国性调查结果。这项研究旨在确定和分析该群体的基本人口统计学和职业数据。同时还对患者代表在医院中所感知到的角色进行了分析。
