<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Family advocacy matters when a patient is... > Family advocacy matters when a patient is exhausted, frightened, medicated, very young, or unable to organize the encounter alone. An advocate listens, documents, asks, and helps keep the person's actual values present in the room. **Source:** [[livestreams/Leap of Faith, Medical Authority, and the Right to Question - Workbook|Leap of Faith, Medical Authority, and the Right to Question]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Family advocacy matters when a patient is exhausted, frightened, medicated, very young, or unable to organize the encounter alone. An advocate listens, documents, asks, and helps keep the person's actual values present in the room.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-family-advocacy-matters-values-present-room ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->