Patient Democracy and Shared Decision Making
Research and development project

Patient Democracy and Shared Decision Making

Participants from Kolding School of Design
Kathrina Dankl, Assistant Professor, PhD
Research and development project type
Research and development
Project period
2015 - 2016
Project management

Kathrina Dankl, Assistant Professor, PhD

LAB
Social Design
LAB theme
Citizenship and Agency
Ongoing-ness
Background
Patient Democracy and Shared Decision Making investigates how patients can take on a more active role in the current health care system.

Objective

Patient Democracy and Shared Decision Making

‘Patient Democracy and Shared Decision Making investigates how patients can take on a more active role in the current health care system.

Methods and results

Patient democracy presupposes equality, respecting patients’ individual values and health care professionals’ recommendations. Through research and co-creation processes with patients and clinicians, we explore system-based solutions that enable patients to become involved in their own treatment. In 2015 we mapped out preliminary and international studies into ”state of the art”. In addition, we conducted two pre-studies within patient communication and created a generic tool for shared decision making. In 2016 we will carry out further research and development work in order to gain knowledge about how design and design methods contribute to this field and to develop the overall prospective needed for creating generic tools to help patients, relatives and health professionals in the decision making process about cancer treatment. The project is ongoing.

Patient Democracy and Shared Decision Making

Kontakt

Management secretariat

Christina Stind Rosendahl

Quality Coordinator | Secretary of Research and Development