Lost (and found) in translation: Effective communication with patients
By Zuzana Dankulincova, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Slovakia
While most researchers are aware that disseminating study results is part of their ethical responsibility to research participants (and wish for their research findings to have clear, practical implications), the transition from awareness of evidence to widespread implementation can take a long time. Scientific knowledge is not always applied to everyday practice; when it is, it is usually not done consistently or systematically.