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Jan 20 2021

Why the Future Science Group publishes Plain Language Summary of Publication articles

Recognizing the vital role of patients in medical and scientific research, last year the Future Science Group (FSG) published a new style of article – a Plain Language Summary of Publication, the first of its kind for FSG. The article, published in Future Oncology, provides a summary of a recently published paper and has been written and designed specifically to be read by patient and non-specialist audiences to help them to understand the research presented.

In the accompanying editorial, by Joanne Walker and Laura Dormer entitled ‘Plain Language Summary of Publication articles: helping disseminate published scientific articles to patients’, we discuss our rationale for publishing Plain Language Summary of Publication articles.

We hope that readers will find PLSP articles a useful resource that help to drive the involvement of patients and their representatives in the development of new medicines and in making health care decisions

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Written by Joanne Walker · Categorized: PLSP Blog

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