Involving Patients and the Public in Transplantation Research

TY - JOUR

T1 - Involving Patients and the Public in Transplantation Research

AU - Hilton, Rachel

PY - 2011/4/27

Y1 - 2011/4/27

N2 - Patient and public involvement aims to create a partnership between healthcare users and researchers, so that the methods and outcomes of research are more appropriate to research participants and patients. This means doing research with rather than to, for, or about patients and the public. This report summarizes a workshop held in London to explore research participation from the patients' perspective, focusing on why patients participate in research and how clinical researchers can actively engage healthcare users in research planning and execution to enhance outcomes.

AB - Patient and public involvement aims to create a partnership between healthcare users and researchers, so that the methods and outcomes of research are more appropriate to research participants and patients. This means doing research with rather than to, for, or about patients and the public. This report summarizes a workshop held in London to explore research participation from the patients' perspective, focusing on why patients participate in research and how clinical researchers can actively engage healthcare users in research planning and execution to enhance outcomes.

U2 - 10.1097/TP.0b013e318211d317

DO - 10.1097/TP.0b013e318211d317

M3 - Article

VL - 91

SP - 820

EP - 822

JO - Transplantation

JF - Transplantation

IS - 8

ER -