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The rise of people power

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  • Roger Chafe

    (Roger Chafe is director of paediatric research at the Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador A1B 3V6, Canada.)

  • Karen B. Born

    (Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M6, Canada.)

  • Arthur S. Slutsky

    (Arthur S. Slutsky is at St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada, and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.)

  • Andreas Laupacis

    (Andreas Laupacis is at St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8, Canada, and King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.)

Abstract

Calls in Canada for trials of a contentious treatment for multiple sclerosis illustrate how social media can affect research priorities, say Roger Chafe and his colleagues.

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  • Roger Chafe & Karen B. Born & Arthur S. Slutsky & Andreas Laupacis, 2011. "The rise of people power," Nature, Nature, vol. 472(7344), pages 410-411, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:472:y:2011:i:7344:d:10.1038_472410a
    DOI: 10.1038/472410a
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