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Translating Knowledge in Surgery

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Knowledge translation is a key process in surgery today, as it ensures that knowledge, data, and information are properly shared and exchanged among stakeholders with various backgrounds, aims, and values. The surgical panorama sees the interaction of several actors with diverse characteristics. Ensuring smooth knowledge flows requires the adoption of adequate facilitators. Employing a narrative review of the literature, the chapter explores the meaning of knowledge translation, its actors, flows, and facilitating aids in healthcare and surgery and in the specific context of surgical disparities.

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  1. Department of Management, Venice School of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Venice, Italy

    Francesca Dal Mas

  2. Collegium Medicum, University of Social Sciences, Łodz, Poland

    Francesca Dal Mas

  3. General Surgery Department, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo Foundation, Pavia, Italy

    Lorenzo Cobianchi, Enrico Cicuttin, Paola Fugazzola, Simone Frassini & Luca Ansaloni

  4. Department of Clinical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

    Lorenzo Cobianchi, Paola Fugazzola, Simone Frassini & Luca Ansaloni

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    Jacopo Martellucci

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Dal Mas, F. et al. (2023). Translating Knowledge in Surgery. In: Martellucci, J., Dal Mas, F. (eds) Towards the Future of Surgery. New Paradigms in Healthcare. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-47623-5_19

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