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  • The need for wider public understanding of health care research

  • Brian Buckley
  • Journal:
    Primary Health Care Research & Development / Volume 9 / Issue 1 / January 2008
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    01 January 2008, pp. 3-6
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  • In recent years several factors have affected the public’s relationship with health care research: increased data protection legislation and the resultant consent requirements; access to unforeseen levels of both information and misinformation through mass media; and a growing culture of personal choice which may have eroded the perceived importance of activities whose benefits are societal rather than personal. This article considers these factors and their implications and highlights the need for health care researchers to engage more effectively with the public in order to ensure its continued support.