BACKGROUND Patient participation means involvement of the patient in decision making or expressing opinions about different treatment methods, which includes sharing information, feelings and signs and accepting health team instructions. OBJECTIVES Given the importance of patient participation in healthcare decision making which empowers patients and improves services and health outcomes, thi...

Multi-criteria decision analysis provides an effective and valuable method of articulating and structuring deliberations within public participation. Public participation means that citizens are involved in the public decision making that has an effect on them. In order to encourage participation while integrating the deliberative perspectives from various participants in public sector, we shou...

Livelihood sustainability remains a major challenge for rural households in Northern Ghana. Although farming has traditionally been the core livelihood strategy for most households, diversifying into non-farm activities remains a common livelihood strategy employed to sustain household basic needs, particularly for women, who because of their gender often face challenges in accessing land for f...

BACKGROUND The traditional paternalistic approach to medical decision-making is moving towards a climate of greater patient and/or surrogate involvement. Despite this, there is considerable debate regarding patient preferences for participation in medical decision-making and its effect on patient satisfaction and outcome. This study was designed to examine parents' preferences for participation...

Current decision-making practices used to determine water allocations between competing uses in Australia generally disregard the social, cultural and political impacts of these types of decisions and to a lesser extent the economics. Tokenistic community consultation, rather than meaningful and purposeful participation in the water allocation decision-making process, results in a lack of commu...

PURPOSE Family carers of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) are presumed to have frequent involvement in decision-making for symptom management and quality of life. To better understand and improve decision-making, we investigated the range and extent of carer participation in decision-making. By focusing on the perspectives of ALS support carers, the study aimed to explore carer...