"Since the easy Council publicity, it is striking just how many councils have come out and said that they are looking at how they can co-opt best private sector practice and a greater openness about services into the public sector".
We opt for best practices deliberately.
In each instance, Freud took notice, collaborated with his colleagues — then moved on after a messy split that enabled him to co-opt the best of his rivals and break fresh ground.
Today Facebook co-opts the best thing about Myspace pages — rapid music discovery — by prominently adding a "Listen" button to musician Pages right next to the Like button.
Patients of similar performance status opting for best supportive care were included as a comparator group.
Patients opting for best supportive care without chemotherapy were offered inclusion in the comparator arm.
Seventy-three patients were recruited of which 58 received chemotherapy and 15 opted for best supportive care (BSC).
We opted for best and worst general well-being (GWB) as the anchor, because improving patients' GWB is a goal all stakeholders share.
"I argue that opt-out is best -- opt-out with privacy protection.
Consumers should always opt for the best policy they can afford, she says.
