The UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC)
www.ukcrc.org
Has produced an easy-to-read information booklet for patients called ‘Understanding Clinical Trials’.
NHS Choices
Has a section on medical research, including some patient experience.
Testing Treatments: better research for better healthcare
www.testingtreatments.org
The book ‘Testing Treatments: better research for better healthcare’ is also available in full for free to download at James Lind Library.
The Diabetes Research Network
The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
James Lind Library
James Lind Library
The James Lind Library contains a range of resources explaining the principles and history of fair tests of medical treatments. The book 'Testing Treatments: better research for better healthcare' is also available in full for free to download from a link on the James Lind Library homepage.
Back to languages - we have a possible enquiry from our sister project in Japan about setting up a healthtalkonline project there about clinical trials. Just the germ of an idea at present, but I'll let you know if anything comes of it.
