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The simplest kind of study involves directly observing behaviour in a relevant setting, for example patients waiting for treatment in a doctor’s surgery or clinic. Direct observation may be accompanied by recordings in written, oral, auditory or visual form. Several investigators may observe the same events so that reliability checks can be conducted. Direct observation includes casual observation, formal observation and participant observation. However, ethical issues are raised by planned formal observational study of people who have not given informed consent to such observations.