The Center for Patient Partnerships, affiliated with the University of Wisconsin Schools of Law, Medicine & Public Health, Nursing, and Pharmacy:
- Educates graduate students and working professionals in health advocacy;
- Provides free advocacy services to anyone with a serious or life-threatening illness, regardless of income or residence;
- Works to strengthen the field of health advocacy through research on advocacy's impact and promotion of best practices; and
- Enhances the capacity of patients to influence health policy and the responsiveness of the health care system to consumers' experiences.