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An allied health field which originated as “patient advocacy,” that is, efforts to help resolve patients’ complaints in relation to medical care and hospital and other health care services and with the protection of their rights. Thus health advocacy was originally the field of the patient advocate or patient representative, also known as an “ombudsperson.”<\/p>\n

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An allied health field which originated as “patient advocacy,” that is, efforts to help resolve patients’ complaints in relation to medical care and hospital and other health care services and with the protection of their rights. 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