Background Over the last 10 years, patient engagement in health research has emerged as
the next evolution in healthcare research. However, limited evidence about the clear role …

Consumer engagement (patient and public involvement) in perioperative medicine research
is in its infancy. The patient experience and family/carer perspectives can provide an extra …

Background Decisions relating to the funding of new drugs are becoming increasingly
challenging due to a combination of aging populations, rapidly increasing list prices, and …

Our objective was to explore citizens' informed and reasoned values and expectations of
personalized medicine, a timely yet novel genomics policy issue. A qualitative, public …

Canadian healthcare leaders are experiencing unprecedented change. In Canada and
worldwide, efforts are being made to create patient-centred service delivery models. In order …

In the spring of 2012, Assisted Human Reproduction Canada (AHRC)—the federal agency
tasked with the oversight of assisted human reproduction in Canada—was abolished …

1 Since writing this chapter, the introduction of vaccines for COVID-19 has dramatically
affected public discourse on vaccination. Because the main focus of this chapter is on …

The dragons mentioned in the title are (a) the failure of HTA methodologists to develop [em
dash] and hence practitioners to use—tools for the consideration of equity in economic …

Purpose New models of survivorship care are required to address the needs of
genitourinary (GU) cancer survivors. Current approaches do not effectively engage cancer …

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means that the public is engaged in determining funding priorities8 and is more responsible …