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Table 1 Researchers’ experiences of research collaboration with older persons

From: Research collaboration with older people as a matter of scientific quality and ethics: a focus group study with researchers in ageing and health

Good scientific quality and ethics are balanced against the needs and abilities of older people

Positioning for research collaboration

Research collaboration – an ethical issue of power

Involvement or not

Traditional or innovative thinking

Selectivity or representativeness

Research collaboration at risk for freedom of research

Research collaboration a risk of abuse of power

Academic discriminatory power structures create ethical issues