Chafe Roger, Neville Doreen, Rathwell Thomas, Deber Raisa
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Canada.
Healthc Manage Forum. 2008 Autumn;21(3):24-8. doi: 10.1016/S0840-4704(10)60271-2.
Health care decision-makers often face calls for greater public participation or see increasing public engagement as part of their organizational mandate. This article identifies six questions decision-makers must consider when deciding whether to formally engage the public or other stakeholders around a particular health care issue. These questions focus on (1) the clarity of the issue for public engagement, (2) the appropriateness of the issue for public engagement, (3) the extent to which there are viable options, (4) the role for the public, (5) whether the public likely want to be involved and (6) consideration of the expected advantages and disadvantages of public engagement.
医疗保健决策者常常面临要求加大公众参与度的呼声，或者将日益增加的公众参与视为其组织使命的一部分。本文确定了决策者在决定是否就某一特定医疗保健问题正式让公众或其他利益相关者参与时必须考虑的六个问题。这些问题集中于：（1）公众参与问题的清晰度；（2）公众参与问题的适当性；（3）存在可行选项的程度；（4）公众的作用；（5）公众是否可能愿意参与；以及（6）对公众参与预期利弊的考量。
