SHOULD PATIENTS TELL RESEARCHERS WHAT TO DO?  IF SO, HOW? 

Notice of a meeting organised jointly by the James Lind Alliance and the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC)
 
DATE:  Monday September 17 2007 from 10am - 4.15pm
 
VENUE:  The Wellcome Trust, Euston Road, London NW1
 
AIMS:
 

• To promote debate about the role of patients in deciding what clinical research is important
• To provide examples of where such engagement has positively changed the research agenda
• To explore how best to progress patient engagement in setting research priorities
• To promote networking of patient groups, clinicians, charities, and other funders of health research

IN THE AFTERNOON THERE WILL BE A DEBATE:
 
Can the research drivers and interests of patients, industry and the NHS be reconciled?