In a recently published opinion piece in BMJ Open, «Rhetoric of Research: A Call for Renaming the Clinical Research Partnership,» authors from Penn Nursing and Georgetown University School of Nursing, present a compelling argument for rethinking the language used to describe participants in clinical research. The opinion calls for a shift from the traditional term «patient participant» to «participant partner,» emphasizing the crucial role of participants in all facets of the research process.
A call for renaming clinical research partnerships
In a recently published opinion piece in BMJ Open, "Rhetoric of Research: A Call for Renaming the Clinical Research Partnership," authors from Penn Nursing and Georgetown University School of Nursing, present a compelling argument for rethinking the language used to describe participants in clinical research. The opinion calls for a shift from the traditional term "patient participant" to "participant partner," emphasizing the crucial role of participants in all facets of the research process.