British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2002, Vol. 89, No. 4 658-659
© 2002 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
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Interdisciplinary collaboration in anaesthesia research
1 Milwaukee, WI, USA 2 Dublin, Ireland
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EditorInterdisciplinary collaboration is an important aspect of contemporary academic medicine. It is recognized as essential to allow translation of advances made in the laboratory to advances in clinical practice.1 2 The extent to which researchers are collaborating with experts outside their field is a key indicator of research practice patterns, and may have implications for the likely impact of such research within the parent specialty and in other fields of medicine.