Philadelphia: Everts & Peck 1883. Chapter LXXI Pequea Township. NOTE: Ellis and Evans were the editors, no author is given for the section on Pequea Township. This township was formed in 1853 from Conestoga Township so there may be additional information on Pequea in the History of Conestoga Township.
The terms patient advocate and patient advocacy can refer both to individual advocates providing services that organizations also provide, and to organizations whose functions extend to individual patients. Some patient advocates work for the institutions that are directly responsible for the patientâs care. Typical advocacy activities are: patient rights, matters of privacy, confidentiality or informed consent, patient representation, awareness building, and support and education of patients, survivors and their carers.
Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. Founded in 1985, the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) is a non-profit organization supported by nearly 5000 physicians and 100000 laypersons. However, this organization that is not what it appears to be. The PCRM is an extreme animal-rights group and not a mainstream medical or nutrition organization. This group fronts for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PeTA) in hopes of lending some credibility to their extreme agenda.