Newspaper coverage of psychiatry and general medicine: Comparing tabloids with broadsheets

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 259-260

  Pieters, Guido ^a   De Gucht, Veronique ^a,b   Kajosch, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; PUBLICATION;

EID: 0038493768     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.27.7.259     Document Type: Article

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