Patient spotlight - Doing it for themselves - a podcast by BMJ Group

In our accompanying roundtable discussion,we hear views from a group of patients and clinicians based largely in the UK on the actions required  to advance  progress towards providing patient centred care.

To extend the conversation we talked to members of the BMJ's international patient advisory panel and other patient advocates - and what follows are short clips of hour long conversations with people in the US, Europe, India, Equador and Uganda.While the quality of the recordings vary there is no mistaking
the passion of these advocates to improve care for fellow patients and the barriers which need to be overcome to make it happen.Taking part in this discussion in order are:
Dominck Frosch,associate professor, University of CaliforniaMaggie Breslin US designer, researcher and writer
Matthew Maleska, designer, Patient Revolution ProjectCristin Lind, patient advocate, Rare Diseases Sweden
Corine Jansen, cheif listening officer, JoConnectJonas Gonseth, chief executive, Gaerente en Hospital de Especialidades Guayaquil, Equador
Rakhal Gaitonde chair, community advisory board of the NationalInstitute for Research on Tuberculosis
Robinah Alambuya, president of the Pan African Network of People with Psychosocial Disabilities, Uganda

Daniel Iga Mwesigwa, executive medical director, Mwesigwa Medical Centre, Uganda

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