Table 1 Characteristics of the professional, state technical and judicial logics that are most relevant to the discussion in this paper [21]
| Â | Professional logic | State technical logic | State judicial logic |
|---|---|---|---|
Guiding values | Patient interest | Public interest | Constitutionalism |
Actors with the legitimacy to debate issues that concern healthcare interventions | Regulators of professions Healthcare professionals and their representatives | Regulators of professions Healthcare professionals and their representatives | Legal practitioners, Litigants (any rights-bearing individual) |
Decision-making forums | Stakeholder meetings and other groupings of health professionals Regulators’ internal committee meetings | Regulators’ internal committee meetings | Courts of law |
Decision-makers with coercive power | Healthcare practice regulators | Healthcare practice regulators | Judges |