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PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science
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by Gemma Whyatt, Jodi Whitehouse
Rare diseases are often defined by numbers and clinical perspectives, a narrative that needs re-writing. Drawing on decades of patient advocacy, two women living with the rare condition Congenital Melanocytic Naevus argue that lived experience must shape research from the outset, and discuss how genuine patient-researcher partnership transforms science, care and identity. In this Perspective, Gemma Whyatt and Jodi Whitehouse—two women living with the rare condition Congenital Melanocytic Naevus—outline why lived experience must shape rare disease research from the outset, and discuss how genuine patient-researcher partnership transforms science, care and identity.
Jodi Whitehouse
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