Engaging with communities, engaging with patients: amendment to the NAPCRG 1998 Policy Statement on Responsible Research With Communities.

Background: In 1998, the North American Primary Care Research Group (NAPCRG) adopted a groundbreaking Policy Statement endorsing responsible participatory research (PR) with communities. Since that time, PR gained prominence in primary care research.

Objectives: To reconsider the original 1998 Policy Statement in light of increased uptake of PR, and suggest future directions and applications for PR in primary care.

A participatory approach to understanding and measuring patient satisfaction in a primary care teaching setting.

Background: Patient satisfaction is a complex, multidimensional concept that is difficult to measure. However, there is agreement that understanding the expectations of a patient community or "what is important to them" is an essential consideration. We chose a participatory approach to address patient satisfaction in the context of a primary care teaching clinic.

Phenotypical heterogeneity among human T cell receptor gamma/delta-expressing clones derived from peripheral blood.

Human T cell clones expressing the T cell receptor (TcR) gamma/delta were isolated from peripheral blood lymphocytes of two unrelated donors. The TcR gamma/delta+ clones derived from one of these donors were all of the Ti gamma A+, delta-TCS1-, BB3+ phenotype indicating the exclusive use of the V gamma 9 and V delta 3 gene segments. In contrast, the T cell clones derived from the second donor were either Ti gamma A+, delta-TCS1-, BB3+:Ti gamma A-, delta-TCS1+, BB3- or Ti gamma A-, delta-TCS1-, BB3-.