Are we expecting too much from print media? An analysis of newspaper coverage of the 2002 Canadian healthcare reform debate

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-102

  Collins, Patricia A ^a   Abelson, Julia ^b   Pyman, Heather ^c   Lavis, John N ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Health policy; Health services research; Healthcare reform; Media content analysis; Newspapers

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; INFORMATION; MEDIA ROLE; REFORM PROCESS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CANADA; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; NEWSPAPERS; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC OPINION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33747730928     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.12.012     Document Type: Article

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