title: User involvement in care: avoiding tokenism and achieving partnership.
abstract: Public involvement in health care has increased in recent years, and patients now expect to have greater input into the care and services they receive. This paper describes an initiative in one trust in which patients with cancer were able to take a lead in improving services. The evolution of the group into a cancer patients' forum offers an example of good practice.
authors.affiliation: St Wilfrid's Hospice, Chichester.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hutson
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D006779:Hospitals, Public / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000379:methods*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D006113:United Kingdom