Avoidable waste in the production and reporting of research evidence

Without accessible and usable reports, research cannot help patients and their clinicians. In a published Personal View, 1 Liberati A An unfinished trip through uncertainties. BMJ. 2004; 328: 531 Crossref Scopus (27) Google Scholar 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...