This briefing addresses the nature of participative science in both community/social and clinical medicine, its rationale and value, and how it relates to the value, the framework, and the methods of the Tuke Institute. Its purpose is to help the reader understand the nature of participative science and the work of the Tuke Institute in its broadest sense.

This work was cited in the PatientPartner North-Western European Regional Workshop, 12.10.09 London, UK.