Missed Opportunities in the Review and Revision of Clinical Study Reports

Autor: Stephen A. Bernhardt, Gregory P. Cuppan
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Journal of Business and Technical Communication. 26:131-170
ISSN: 1552-4574
1050-6519
DOI: 10.1177/1050651911430624
Popis: Circulating written drafts and conducting roundtable reviews are two important document-development activities in many work sites. Previous studies suggest that review processes are frustrating for participants and have substantial inefficiencies caused by conflicting participant purposes. This article presents two case studies of the document-review practices for clinical study reports from a large pharmaceutical company, paying particu- lar attention to whether review efforts contributed to improvements in document quality. Findings suggest that document review did not lead to demonstrable improvement in report quality. The authors offer recommen- dations for improving document-review practices.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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