Let us begin with a cautionary tale—Mind the Gap! There is a seri‐ous message behind the
warning “Mind the Gap” that we hear when travelling on the London Underground—a …

In the September 2019 Special Issue of Health Expectations on Patient and Public
Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) initiatives, Hickey and Chambers 1 highlighted 'the …

I'm going to use the term “patient engagement” because it's more familiar to me as a
Canadian than the term “public and patient involvement”, or PPI, which is used here in the …

Health and social care services across the United Kingdom (UK) are now committed to
involving users in the planning, development and evaluation of their services, reinforced by …

Background and objectives Patient and public involvement (PPI) is seen as a way of helping
to shape health policy and ensure a patient‐focused health‐care system. While evidence …

This themed section grew out of a series of three British-American medical sociology
conferences, the most recent of which was convened in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2008 …

Patient and public involvement (PPI) has gained widespread support in health research and
health policy circles, but there is little consensus on the precise meaning or justifications of …

Citizen participation, public involvement, call it what you will, is a little like the United States.
Even if you willfully ignore the existence of Native Americans, the USA is hardly the 'new …

Background Patient and public involvement (PPI) in health and social care policy, service
decision‐making and research are presented as good practice in England. Yet the explicit …

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the latest theory and practice on Patient
and Public Involvement (PPI) in research. Its seven chapters cover the historical and …