ArticleHealth care analysis : HCA : journal of health philosophy and policy2017
Doctors on Values and Advocacy: A Qualitative and Evaluative Study.
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- A socioecological framework for physician advocacy: motivators, enablers, and barriers.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2026Article
- Healthcare professionals' advocacy strategies for trans-inclusive primary care: a qualitative analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Exploring the perspectives of new-in-practice specialists about the Health Advocate role: "I didn't even know where to start".Canadian medical education journal · 2025Article
- Grappling with key questions about assessment of the Health Advocate role.Canadian medical education journal · 2023Review
- This is Our Lane: A Pilot Study Examining the Surgeon's Role in Social Justice Advocacy.American journal of surgery · 2022Article
- Policy exclusion or confusion? Perspectives on universal health coverage for migrants and refugees in South Africa.Health policy and planning · 2021Review
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- The essential role of physician as advocate: how and why we pass it on.Canadian medical education journal · 2017Review
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Abstract
Doctors are increasingly enjoined by their professional organisations to involve themselves in supraclinical advocacy, which embraces activities focused on changing practice and the system in order to address the social determinants of health. The moral basis for doctors' decisions on whether or not to do so has been the subject of little empirical research. This opportunistic qualitative study of the values of medical graduates associated with the Sydney Medical School explores the processes that contribute to doctors' decisions about taking up the advocate role. Our findings show that personal ideals were more important than professional commitments in shaping doctors' decisions on engagement in advocacy. Experiences in early life and during training, including exposure to power and powerlessness, significantly influenced their role choices. Doctors included supraclinical advocacy in their mature practices if it satisfied their desire to achieve excellence. These findings suggest that common approaches to promoting and facilitating advocacy as an individual professional obligation are not fully congruent with the experiences and values of doctors that are significant in creating the advocate. It would seem important to understand better the moral commitments inherent in advocacy to inform future developments in codes of medical ethics and medical education programs.
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