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Service user involvement in research
Author(s) -
Szmukler George,
Staley Kristina,
Kabir Thomas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
asia‐pacific psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.654
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1758-5872
pISSN - 1758-5864
DOI - 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2011.00145.x
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , creativity , service (business) , knowledge management , computer science , service innovation , business , marketing , political science , law , programming language
Involving service users as research partners is likely to be one of themajor developments in research management and conduct in thetwenty‐first century. We outline the reasons why we believe this willmake for better research, citing examples. Some of the many waysin which service users can be involved are described, but thereremains plenty of scope for innovation and creativity. There aresignificant challenges, but the evidence from experience in this fieldindicates they can be overcome.