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Multi-Level Interactions for Sustainable Development. The Involvement of Flanders in Global and European Decision-Making. KU Leuven
This dissertation explores the involvement of the subnational government of Flanders in global and European decision-making on sustainable devel opment. It uncovers a variety of multi-level interactions, i.e. interact ions between Flemish, federal, European and global levels of governance. Subnational governments claim a role in governance for sus tainable development, not only within their own borders, but also in the ir relations with the ...
The involvement of cancer patients in the four stages of decision-making preceding continuous sedation until death: A qualitative study Vrije Universiteit Brussel Ghent University
Background: Involving patients in decision-making is considered to be particularly appropriate towards the end of life. Professional guidelines emphasize that the decision to initiate continuous sedation should be made in accordance with the wishes of the dying person and be preceded by their consent.
Aim: To describe the decision-making process preceding continuous sedation until death with particular attention to the involvement ...
Aim: To describe the decision-making process preceding continuous sedation until death with particular attention to the involvement ...
An Analytic Framework for Research on Judicial Decision-Making KU Leuven
Proposition about legal actors like judges inevitably rely on assumptions about the type and extent of knowledge researchers can acquire of social reality. Seemingly innocuous claims like “legal rules influence the choices judges make”, “political preferences drive judgments” or “the case disposition makes sense in light of the applicable rules” all stem from fundamentally distinct epistemological positions. Considering their ubiquity in legal ...
Barriers to Patient Involvement in Decision-Making in Advanced Cancer Care: Culture as an Amplifier. KU Leuven
In advanced cancer care, patient preferences regarding treatment are sometimes insufficiently integrated in the decision-making process. This can be the case with patients from non-Western cultural backgrounds undergoing treatment in the US. This study aimed to understand oncology and palliative care physicians' and nurses' perceptions of factors that impact involvement in treatment decisions by patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. ...
Supporting the process of transport infrastructure decision-making University of Antwerp
Supporting the process of transport infrastructure decision-making: an instrument to identify the combinations of conditions under which project objectives can be achieved Decision making is part of our everyday life, from simple things such as deciding what clothes to wear till more complex issues as deciding about very expensive transport infrastructure (TI) project investments. For simple decisions, we can use our intuition but for the ...
Risky decision-making but not delay discounting improves during inpatient treatment of polysubstance dependent alcoholics University of Antwerp
Background: High levels of impulsivity, characteristics of addicted patients, are known to be important predictors of relapse. However, so far, little is known about the stability or variability of two main components of impulsivity (delay discounting and decision-making). The present study examined the changes in impulsivity during the first week of an abstinence based, behavioral orientated inpatient treatment program. Method: Thirty-seven ...
Risky Decision-Making but Not Delay Discounting Improves during Inpatient Treatment of Polysubstance Dependent Alcoholics Vrije Universiteit Brussel
BACKGROUND: High levels of impulsivity, characteristics of addicted patients, are known to be important predictors of relapse. However, so far, little is known about the stability or variability of two main components of impulsivity (delay discounting and decision-making). The present study examined the changes in impulsivity during the first week of an abstinence based, behavioral orientated inpatient treatment program.
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Engaging Citizens. Public managers’ attitudes toward public participation in administrative decision-making KU Leuven
The use of public participation in local government decision-making is increasingly popular. According to the public administration and public management literature, one of the most important determinants of public participation decisions and outcomes is the willingness of public managers to interact with the public (Ianniello et al., 2018; Yang, 2005; Yang & Callahan, 2007). Public managers play an important role in local-level public ...
Handling a large number of preferences in a multi-level decision-making process Ghent University
The complexity of a decision is related to the number of persons that are involved, as well as to the diversity of their preferences based on their knowledge, experience or area of expertise. Consequently, it is a challenge to adequately handle a large number of heterogeneous preferences considering that all the participants are considered to be an important source of information to make better motivated decisions. Addressing this challenge ...