How to optimise patient and public involvement in your research: Doing science

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK ; Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, King's College London, London, UK.
² Krefting Research Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Instituto and Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ European Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.

Georgia Hardavella et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2015 Sep.

. 2015 Sep;11(3):223-7.

doi: 10.1183/20734735.007615.

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, King's College Hospital, London, UK ; Dept of Respiratory Medicine and Allergy, King's College London, London, UK.
² Krefting Research Centre, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
³ National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
⁴ Instituto and Hospital CUF Porto, Porto, Portugal ; Centre for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems, Faculty of Medicine, Porto, Portugal.
⁵ European Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.

Abstract

This paper considers how best to achieve patient and public involvement in research and how to get the most out of it http://ow.ly/R0hwV.

Conflict of interestP. Powell is an employee of the European Respiratory Society (ERS).

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