Does it matter who writes medical news stories?
cross_sectional · Level IV
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 20856907.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000323 and PMC identifier 2939027.
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Abstract
David Henry and colleagues review Australian news stories over a five-year period to assess whether quality is associated with who wrote the story: a specialist health journalist or a non-specialist.
Medical subject headings
- Journalism, Medical