Science writers' reactions to a medical "breakthrough" story

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1887-1896

  Cooper, Crystale Purvis ^a,c   Yukimura, Darcie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet discussions; Media; Medical journalism; Public understanding; Science writers

Indexed keywords

MEDIA ROLE; RESEARCH;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; COMMUNITY; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; E-MAIL; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SCIENCE;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; DECEPTION; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NEWSPAPERS; PEER REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036243136     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00160-5     Document Type: Article

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