Patient Democracy

  • Knutz, Eva (Project Participant)
  • Markussen, Thomas (Project Participant)
  • Ammentorp, Jette (Project Participant)
  • Birkelund, Regner (Project Participant)
  • Mårbjerg Thomsen, Signe (Project Participant)

Project Details

Description

Post-doc project in collaboration with the research unite at Vejle Hospital, investigating the term Patient Democracy and Shared decision-Making in relation to cancer treatment. Here design methods (design activism and participatory design) is used to disrupt the power relation between staff and patient and to point towards a more democratic treatment that could empower the patient.
From the perspective of design research one of the theoretical aims has been to restore participation as a form of activity that make undemocratic forces and structures visible.
StatusFinished
Effective start/end date01/09/201301/09/2014