Acknowledgements.-- The development of service user involvement in health and social care research.-- Why service users bother or why bother involving service users in research?-- Ethical issues in involving service users in research.-- Knowledge claims and service user research.-- Practical issues and stumbling blocks: from conception to data collection.-- practical issues and stumbling blocks: from data analysis to dissemination.-- Involving young service users in health and social care research.-- Futures imperfect.-- References.-- Abbreviations.-- Index