Drage, Jean2019-09-252019-09-252012-06-1720122150-4113http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/185969This paper, in exploring both the debate and practice of advocacy, uses the National Health and Disability Advocacy Service in New Zealand to describe a successful model of advocacy that is based on the concept of empowerment practiced in an independent environment and strengthened by an enforceable framework of consumer rights.engCreative Commons Copyright (CC 2.5)health ethicsBioethicsHealth ethicsArticle