Abstract
Over the last decade, patient and public involvement (PPI) has become a requisite in applied health research. Some funding bodies demand explicit evidence of PPI, while others have made a commitment to developing PPI in the projects they fund. Despite being commonplace, there remains a dearth of engagement with the ethical and theoretical underpinnings of PPI processes and practices. More specifically, while there is a small (but growing) body of literature examining the effectiveness and impact of PPI, there has been relatively little reflection on whether the concept/practice of PPI is internally coherent. Here, the authors unpick a 'paradox' within PPI, which highlights a tension between its moral and pragmatic motivations and its implementation. The authors argue that this 'professionalisation paradox' means we need to rethink the practice, and purpose, of PPI in research.
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- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 181-185
- Citations
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Jonathan Ives,
Sarah Damery,
Sabi Redwood
(2012).
PPI, paradoxes and Plato: who's sailing the ship?: Table 1.
Journal of Medical Ethics
, 39
(3)
, 181-185.
https://doi.org/10.1136/medethics-2011-100150
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- 10.1136/medethics-2011-100150