In the conversations about the future of sex work in de Wallen, Amsterdam, each group has different values on what should stay and what should change, and these can even differ within groups. How do we prioritize between these groups and values? And how can policy makers and other urban professionals …

Traditional scientific research has produced valuable knowledge, yet its linear, top-down logic often fails to address the complexity of local communities. This results in a gap between knowledge and action, where interventions lack legitimacy and impact. Participatory Action Research (PAR) has emerged …

Based on a Dutch corpus of 40 dietitian–client conversations on malnutrition in the primary care setting, we use conversation analysis to investigate how dietary advice is provided in the context of shared decision-making. We demonstrate how client involvement is encouraged in some ways but constrained …

Background: Discussing end-of-life care with people with dementia and their family soon after diagnosis is a crucial aspect of professional care. Research in the hospital setting is scarce. Aim: To investigate how often end-of-life issues and euthanasia are discussed during hospital consultations with …

Background: Community nurses play an important role in supporting older adults who live at home by encouraging self-determination, autonomy, and self-management, all of which are becoming increasingly important in home care. This study aims to identify and describe the ways in which community nurses …

De Nederlandse landbouw staat voor ingrijpende veranderingen. Discussies over stikstof, duurzaamheid en toekomstperspectieven verlopen vaak gepolariseerd, terwijl oplossingen afhankelijk zijn van samenwerking tussen partijen met uiteenlopende belangen. Dit proefschrift onderzoekt hoe gesprekken tussen …

Background: Communicative participation is the most important outcome of speech and language therapy. Apatient-reported outcome measure (PROM) for children would help capture this outcome. Before this PROM can be developed, it is important to find out what situations children themselves find difficult …

Creating meaning through technology in use, that is what we do in the Human-Centered Technology research group. Because technology without meaning is a billionaire making more money somewhere. Technology with meaning, hopeful meaning, helpful meaning, that can move mountains. In this research group, …

Samenvatting Behandelbeslissingen voor oudere oncologie patiënten zijn vaak complex. Dit komt door de grote variatie in achtergrond, comorbiditeiten, functionele capaciteiten en de impact van kankerbehandelingen op zowel de levenskwaliteit als de levensverwachting. In deze context is samen beslissen, …