translate English to French: The role of the consumer, then, was elevated as a vehicle through which the scientific and governmental communities could be made more accountable to the public at large and discussion at the table of scientific and governmental decisionmaking could be injected with a unique societal, humanistic voice.
En incluant ces porte-parole dans le processus, on cherche à élargir le débat au-delà des questions strictement scientifiques de manière à y intégrer le point de vue des personnes atteintes ou ayant déjà souffert du cancer.