In May 2008 I was elected executive member of IFSW Europe and have special responsibility for communication.
The IPCC structure did not allow for the responsibility for communication to be delegated and shared, he said, which "would have helped", but that would change with the new executive structure.
As a corresponding author he takes the primary responsibility for communication of the journal during the manuscript submission, peer review, publication process, and typically ensures that all the journal's administrative requirements, such as providing details of authorship.
This statement clearly places the legal responsibility for communication on the health professional.
It is essential to clarify without delay where the responsibility for communication begins and ends among local, provincial and federal public health agencies during emergencies.
Simply stated, physicians emphasised personal responsibility for communication, pharmacists focused on the complexity of drugs, and nurses on the environment of care.
Lack of confidence in taking responsibility for communication and patient- and family-centred decision-making was a barrier identified for QIs 10, 21 and 23.
This framework includes the necessary elements identified by others including consent, determination of the significance of results and which to return, delineation of the responsibility for communication and the clinical pathway for managing the consequences of returning results.
