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Learning In Practice

Patients in medical education and research

BMJ 2004; 329 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7461.334 (Published 05 August 2004) Cite this as: BMJ 2004;329:334
  1. Peter Lapsley (plapsley@eczema.org), chief executive
  1. Skin Care Campaign, Hill House, London N19 5NA

    While there are undoubtedly parallels between patient involvement in medical education and in research, the differences between the two seem to me to be more profound than Jagsi and Lehmann suppose.1

    Four years ago I underwent angioplasty, during which three stents of a new type were inserted into two of my coronary arteries. Before the operation, I was asked whether I would be prepared to participate in a clinical trial that would require me to have a further angiogram six months later—the only practicable means of establishing the status of the stents.

    Having already had two angioplasties, …

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