INTRODUCTION Patients have the right to influence the care they receive, but their wish to participate in care decision-making is unclear. AIM This study investigates whether participation in nursing documentation influences patient participation in care decision-making, mastery, self-esteem, empowerment and depressive feelings among adult in-patients with chronic disease. MATERIALS AND MET...

Abstract Public participation in international environmental decision-making can seek to fulfil different goals. This article explains how these goals affect the design and appraisal of participatory processes highlights under-recognised value law determining objectives public forums. A doctrinal analysis finds that substantive are most prominent current law, but a normative rationale for could...

BACKGROUND Shared decision-making is a key determinant of patient-centered care. A lack of patient involvement in treatment decisions may explain persistent racial disparities in rates of cardiac catheterization (CCATH). To date, limited evidence exists to demonstrate whether patients who engage in shared decision-makingare more or less likely to undergo non-emergency CCATH. OBJECTIVE To asse...

The aim of this study was to examine a psychosocial model of predicting perceived social status among faculty members. To this end, 135 faculty members in one of the state universities in Tehran, Iran, were recruited through convenient sampling. We used Perceived Organizational Support Scale (POSS), Perceptions of Organizational Politics Scale (POPS), Participation in Organizational Decisions M...