SHOULD PATIENTS TELL RESEARCHERS WHAT TO DO? IF SO, HOW?
Notice of a meeting organised jointly by the James Lind Alliance and the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
DATE: Monday September 17 2007 from 10am – 4.15pm
VENUE: The Wellcome Trust, Euston Road, London NW1
AIMS:
- To promote debate about the role of patients in deciding what clinical research is important
- To provide examples of where such engagement has positively changed the research agenda
- To explore how best to progress patient engagement in setting research priorities
- To promote networking of patient groups, clinicians, charities, and other funders of health research
IN THE AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A DEBATE:
Can the research drivers and interests of patients, industry and the NHS be reconciled?