Article ID: CBB966306946

Not Only Laboratory to Clinic: The Translational Work of William S. C. Copeman in Rheumatology (2020)

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Since the arrival of Translational Medicine (TM), as both a term and movement in the late 1990s, it has been associated almost exclusively with attempts to accelerate the “translation” of research-laboratory findings to improve efficacy and outcomes in clinical practice (Krueger et al. in Hist Philos Life Sci 41:57, 2019). This framing privileges one source of change in medicine, that from bench-to-bedside. In this article we dig into the history of translation research to identify and discuss three other types of translational work in medicine that can also reshape ideas, practices, institutions, behaviours, or all of these, to produce transformations in clinical effectiveness. These are: (1) making accessible state-of-the-art knowledge and best practice across the medical profession; (2) remodelling and creating institutions to better develop and make available specialist knowledge and practice; and (3) improving public and patient understandings of disease prevention, symptoms and treatments. We do so by examining the work of William S. C. Copeman, a dominant figure in British rheumatology from the 1930 through the late 1960s. Throughout his long career, Copeman blended approaches to “translation” in order to produce transformative change in clinical medicine, making his work an exemplar of our expanded notion of TM.

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Authors & Contributors
Stewart, John
Robinson, Mark Dennis
Welch, Ellen
Virginia Crossman
Crane, Jennifer
Rusterholz, Caroline
Concepts
Health care
Medicine and government
Medicine
Public health
Translational medicine
Doctor-patient relationships
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Great Britain
United States
Ireland
South Wales (United Kingdom)
Scotland
South Africa
Institutions
National Health Service (Great Britain)
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