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Title: Keeping service user involvement in research honest.
Author: McLaughlin, H.
Date Published: 2009
Reference: British Journal of Social Work (2010) 40(5): 1591-1608. doi: 10.1093/bjsw/bcp064
Are service users or carers authors: Yes
Abstract:
This article critically examines the development of service user involvement in research. It aims to identify ways in which service user research can retain its honesty.
The author discusses:
- top-down and bottom up approaches to the development of service user involvement in research
- the nature of service users
- different levels of involvement
- benefits and costs of involvement
- the knowledge claims of service user researchers and co-researchers.
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Categories: health
reflecting on public involvement in research
journal article
Date Entered: 2010/09/28
Date Edited: 2012/11/21
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