Most of families (66.3%), physicians (71.6%) and nurses (53.4%) wanted to share the decision responsibility together with the patient and/or family.
They were reluctant to make decisions: responsibility was pushed higher and higher up the hierarchy, until thousands of minor matters ended on the emperor's desk.
The solution came down to six words: "In light of different national circumstances", a phrase that allowed rich and developing countries to avoid a hard decision about responsibilities.
(Tritter et al. 2010, 44) However, understanding autonomy as unfettered, self-concerned consumer choice does not help efforts to promote decision-making partnerships between patients and health care teams in which decisions and responsibilities are shared.
But as yet, maternity care providers themselves have little information about the best ways to share decision-making responsibilities with their clients, especially during labour and birth, when sharing decision-making can be more challenging.
The process of devolving decision-making responsibilities to more regionalized jurisdictions -- namely RHAs -- has provided the opportunity for decision-makers to implement changes in response to localized HPC needs.
It gives them the chance to develop into responsible members of society - to take part in decisions, assume responsibilities, and to resolve their conflicts in a peaceful way.
Some scholars bristled at what they considered her lowbrow approach and her arrogation of their decision-making responsibilities.
This person is there to point things out and to make sure you have thought of alternatives, but ultimately the decision and responsibility is yours.
These controls included expatriate staffing, socialisation practices, delegated decision-making responsibilities, parent company communications and manager performance incentives.
