Patient information
The patient perspective This is optional and should be an account of the patient’s experiences: their interpretation of their signs and symptoms, access to healthcare, their treatment, and life at home, work and in the community after discharge. The patient should write in their own words. The authors should correct grammar and typos before submission. If the patient has dictated their perspective, the authors should transcribe (and state that they have done so). Please do not upload short statements of patient thanks or appreciation - these will not be published. Patient or family/friend involvement in authorship of manuscripts > We do not publish manuscripts where the patient is the sole author > We do not publish manuscripts authored or co-authored by the patient's family and/or friends > If one of the co-authors is the patient described in the manuscript, the editorial office should be informed and the author statements appropriately completed at initial submission. These manuscripts should be carefully considered by the patient-author and the co-authors as anonymisation of patient details is difficult and the declaration that a co-author is a patient appears in the author statements at the end of the published manuscript. Please contact the editor-in-chief before submission to avoid disappointment.
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