When research takes place within the context of clinical care, how can we distinguish which activities constitute care …, and which research? The editors of PLoS Medicine believe that open access to research findings is the most direct way of … clinical trials, however, there is a great diversity of other types of clinical research that must be reported. …

Commenting on recent research articles which look at the potential health benefits of behaviour change, the PLoS … Medicine Editors say that publication of the findings of such research is only one part of the behaviour-change process. …