Letters
Patients’ roles and rights in research
Involving underserved patient populations in research
BMJ 2018; 363 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4385 (Published 24 October 2018) Cite this as: BMJ 2018;363:k4385
- Jeanine Suurmond, assistant professor,
- Marieke Torensma, PhD student
- Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Department of Public Health, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- j.suurmond{at}amc.uva.nl
Wicks and colleagues argue that patient involvement in research is essential.1 We agree that ensuring diversity—so that the interests of well educated, white, middle class people do not dominate—is challenging. Patients from underserved groups are still excluded from scientific research. In many studies migrant patients are explicitly excluded because they do not speak the …
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