With increased democratisation of medical care, globally, there is a movement towards involving patients and their representatives in various policy-level decisions, medical think tanks, and evaluation of grant applications. The patient and public involvement is routine in research projects in Western countries, but this is uncommon in LMICs.
Some of our current and ongoing research is exploring patient and public involvement in research.
Access our Paper titled Conduct of cancer clinical trials: a qualitative study reporting views of patients, caregivers, public and clinical researchers
‘I feel that priority must always be given to the patient. I would want my family to understand it, but I should first understand what I am about to go through’ (Patient 4)