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Patient involvement or inclusion in medical and healthcare conferences is currently a hot topic [1]. “Patients Included” [2] is a movement that strives to encourage organisers of health conferences to invite patients to the meetings they hold to discuss issues which affect them and ensure they play an active part in them.
Abstract
Patients are included, welcomed and integrated at the ERS International Congress http://ow.ly/UpV8A
Acknowledgements
ELF would like to thank everyone who contributed to and participated in the ELF patient organisation programme and patient activities at ERS Congress 2015. ELF would also like to thank the Longfonds and all the people who partnered with them for the Healthy Lungs for Life activities in the city: ndd, iAmsterdam, VITO, TNO.
Footnotes
Conflict of interest P. Powell and S. Masefield are employees of the European Respiratory Society.
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