Communicating the Future

Communicating genetic information: a difficult challenge for future pediatricians

BACKGROUND The role of the pediatrician as genetic counselor is ideal because pediatricians have medical knowledge and experience with genetic disorders (e.g. Down syndrome). Moreover, pediatricians can provide comprehensive care in a medical home to patients with genetic disorders. However, changes in the curriculum of the pediatric resident are necessary to address the future challenges of ef...

Invited Talk 1- Past, Present, and Future Communicating Processors

Multiprocessor chips are here — and over the next decade they will scale to hundreds of communicating processors per chip. They offer the possibility of computer systems scaling to millions of processors. But perhaps more important is that they will make it possible to design electronic systems using concurrent software to program high-volume multiprocessor chips. Individual processors in these...

Communicating climate change: history, challenges, process and future directions

Since anthropogenic climate change first emerged on the public agenda in the midto-late 1980s, public communication of climate change and—more recently—the question of how to communicate it most effectively have witnessed a steep rise. This paper synthesizes what is known, presumed, and still unknown about how to effectively communicate this problem. An introductory historical overview of clima...

Communicating echocardiography results to patients: a future role for the clinical scientist?

Communicating the Results of Clinical Research to Participants: Attitudes, Practices, and Future Directions

R ecent commentaries advocate routinely offering study results to research participants [1,2]. However, debate continues over the scope and limits of investigators' responsibilities in this regard. A 2006 review identifi ed 30 national and international policies and guidelines concerning the duty to return research results [3], of which 21 were published in the last decade. Worldwide interest i...