Ally, advocate, analyst, agenda-setter? Positions and perceptions of Swedish medical journalists

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-81

  Finer, David ^a   Tomson, Göran ^a   Björkman, Nils Magnus ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

drug information; gender studies; mass media; media advocacy; patient education; risk communication

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DRUG INFORMATION; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TELEVISION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADVOCACY; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROLE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031051350     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(96)00960-3     Document Type: Article

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