Eight methodologies were less clear about the consultative process (or method) of drawing normative conclusions - describing a non-specific 'thinking- through' (our term).
Despite the lack of available evidence, their review suggests that using deliberative methods may be associated with more satisfactory results than using other methods that are more consultative and characterized by a lower level of public involvement [ 31].
Methods included document review, consultative workshop and focused interviews, online surveys and analysis of media touch points used in the campaign.
In HTA, public engagement methods can include basic information provision, to consultative mechanisms such as focus groups and consumer representation on decision making committees [ 9], to more complex methods of deliberation including citizens juries and consensus panels [ 5].
The consultative orientation, in particular, includes a wide range of divergent methods which assume different epistemological and meta-ethical commitments.
In this provider-provider dyad, consultative practices start in medical school, continue during training, and are a method of information seeking and decision-making among practicing clinicians.
Some examples of the "methods" included change-making process analysis, exploratory case study, consultative workshops, and decision tree modeling, and the "approaches" comprised participant-observer, community-based participatory research, engaged, and prospective policy research (not shown).
A qualitative multi-method design approach was employed using data from individual interviews, consultative meetings, group discussions, and observations from a piloted psychoeducation intervention for postpartum women with a current psychotic episode and their caregivers.
There were a couple of consultative events; I don't think that it was consultation.
The method of delivery is particularly important for these populations and will require appropriate consultative input [ 28, 29].
