Which health research projects involving humans are ethically justified, safe and legal? Who decides whether they should get the green light to proceed? In one case study, researchers at the Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge, found that eighty nine different people were involved in approving a single small scale health research study for ethics […]
Patient and public involvement – a matter of life and death
Blog by Dr Mila Petrova, Cambridge Palliative and End of Life Care Group, Primary Care Unit She was supposed to outlive you What would you do if your 26-year old daughter dies of cancer, in a chaotic ED corridor on a Friday, the child who was supposed to outlive you, the child whom you […]