The Future of Ageing - Stakeholder Involvement on the Future of Care

Barland et al. describe an example project
showcasing the strengths of technology assessment
methodology in structuring stakeholder dialogues in a
cross-European context. The authors provide an in-depth
account of the method design choices made and their
underlying rationale. Beyond the buzzword, well-structured
and transparent stakeholder dialogue can help to balance
difficult issues of policy priority
– in this case by balancing
the contributions of technological innovation against social
reorganization as a means of securing sustainable future
health-care service for senior citizens. The article shows the
added value of multi-site dialogues based in national debates
but linked to the European policy development process