Views on researcher-community engagement in autism research in the United Kingdom: A mixed-methods study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Pellicano, Elizabeth ^a   Dinsmore, Adam ^a,b   Charman, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AUTISM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTISTIC DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907854744     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109946     Document Type: Article

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