The 'benefits study' involves in-depth "deliberative" consultations with a range of stakeholders including community members and fieldworkers, the initial findings are reported elsewhere [ 22], and further data collection and analysis are on-going.
Contrary to focus groups and other similar qualitative approaches such as citizen juries, the deliberative stakeholder consultation limits researcher mediation [ 64].
The deliberative stakeholder consultation and phenomenology of practice approach are two methodological decisions that can help PPC researchers achieve such inclusion.
The spirit of engagement promulgated by the deliberative stakeholder consultation method could also be transferable to improving understanding of HRQoL for adults in similar situations of vulnerability, namely elderly patients living with dementia [ 72].
Qualitative method ologies) presented in this paper, such as deliberative stakeholder consultations and phenomenology of practice can serve as meaningful vehicles for achieving i) participation among terminally ill children and adolescents; ii) evidence-bases for PPC best practices; and iii) fulfillment of research ethics principles.
Had Nato, its partner governments, and deliberative council been consulted?
The whole idea had been to use occupation as the very last of last resorts, at the end of a prolonged process of "deliberative democracy" that involved public consultation and a "referendum" in June attracting 800,000 signatures in support of a more open electoral system.
More widely, Weldon usefully summarizes some of the methods used to engage the diverse citizen body within public engagement efforts: citizen juries, deliberative polls, focus groups, Internet consultation, public debates, Web debates, and more artistic media such as theater and exhibitions (Weldon 2004, 20).
Although negative ones are emphasised in public accounts such as local authority consultations, in more deliberative settings (such as focus groups), participants balanced these implications for personal wellbeing against broader determinants of health, such as carbon emission reduction and divesting resources to spend on other services, which might accrue from reduced energy expenditure.
