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Open Access
01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
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
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Special Issue 2/2015
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Excerpt
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? …