 This was clearly a period in which a "rights-based" approach provided the foundation of much social action.The initial "inspiration" for a "patient bill of rights" came from an advocacy organization, the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO).In 1970, the NWRO list of patients' rights was incorporated into the Joint Commission's accreditation standards for hospitals, and reprinted and distributed by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective—authors of "Our Bodies, Ourselves"—as part of their women's health education program.