Lind guidelines offer a checklist for research priorities

Payment for research participation: a coercive offer?

Payment for research participation has raised ethical concerns, especially with respect to its potential for coercion. We argue that characterising payment for research participation as coercive is misguided, because offers of benefit cannot constitute coercion. In this article we analyse the concept of coercion, refute mistaken conceptions of coercion and explain why the offer of payment for r...

Identifying primary care patient safety research priorities in the UK: a James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership

OBJECTIVES To identify the top 10 unanswered research questions for primary care patient safety research. DESIGN A modified nominal group technique. SETTING UK. PARTICIPANTS Anyone with experience of primary care including: patients, carers and healthcare professionals. 341 patients and 86 healthcare professionals submitted questions. MAIN OUTCOMES A top 10, and top 30, future research ...

Research priorities for shoulder surgery: results of the 2015 James Lind Alliance patient and clinician priority setting partnership

OBJECTIVE To run a UK based James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership for 'Surgery for Common Shoulder Problems'. SETTING This was a nationally funded and conducted process. It was organised from a musculoskeletal research centre and Biomedical Research Unit in Oxford. PARTICIPANTS UK shoulder patients, carers and clinicians, involved in treating patients with shoulder pain and shoul...

Priorities for Endometriosis Research

Endometriosis is an estrogen-dependent disorder where endometrial tissue forms lesions outside the uterus. Endometriosis affects an estimated 10% of women in the reproductive-age group, rising to 30% to 50% in patients with infertility and/or pain, with significant impact on their physical, mental, and social well-being. There is no known cure, and most current medical treatments are not suitab...

The James Lind Alliance: tackling research mismatches.