患者是否愿意參與治療決策?確定衛(wèi)生服務(wù)用戶意見的最佳方法是什么?政府能做些什么來讓公民參與制定優(yōu)先事項(xiàng)?什么因素影響對衛(wèi)生保健的需求?健康期望的目的是促進(jìn)關(guān)于公眾參與衛(wèi)生保健和衛(wèi)生政策的所有方面的批判性思維和知情的辯論，包括:患者及其倡導(dǎo)者參與有關(guān)個人衛(wèi)生保健的決策;讓衛(wèi)生服務(wù)使用者及其代表參與服務(wù)的設(shè)計(jì)、提供和評價;公眾參與有關(guān)衛(wèi)生保健政策的辯論。

Do patients want to participate in treatment decisions? What is the best way to determine the views of health service users? What can governments do to engage citizens in setting priorities? What factors influence the demand for health care?Health Expectations aims to promote critical thinking and informed debate about all aspects of public participation in health care and health policy, including: involvement of patients and their advocates in decisions about individual health care; involvement of health service users and their representatives in aspects of service design, delivery and evaluation; involvement of the general public in debates about health care policy.