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Qualitative methods and patient and public involvement in trials: opportunities and pitfalls

Authors: Pat Hoddinott, Alicia O'Cathain, Isabel Boyer, Sandy Oliver

Published in: Trials | Special Issue 2/2015

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Qualitative research and public patient involvement (PPI) in trials have increased over recent years, and can occur at many stages from inception to implementation. They offer different strengths and limitations, with both often needed to gain a real world perspective. Yet increasingly they are portrayed as a dichotomy in the way they are written about in grant applications, protocols and reports. How helpful is this? …
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Title
Qualitative methods and patient and public involvement in trials: opportunities and pitfalls
Authors
Pat Hoddinott
Alicia O'Cathain
Isabel Boyer
Sandy Oliver
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Trials / Issue Special Issue 2/2015
Electronic ISSN: 1745-6215
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-16-S2-P75

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