Healthy Skepticism Library item: 15863

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Publication type: Journal Article

Chalmers I, Glasziou P.
Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence
The Lancet 2009 Jun 15;
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60329-9/fulltext

Abstract:

Without accessible and usable reports, research cannot help patients and their clinicians. In a published Personal View, 1 a medical researcher with myeloma reflected on the way that the results of four randomised trials relevant to his condition had still not been published, years after preliminary findings had been presented in meeting abstracts:
“Research results should be easily accessible to people who need to make decisions about their own health…Why was I forced to make my decision knowing t …