Occupational practices and the making of health news: A national survey of U.S. health and medical science journalists

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 759-777

  Viswanath, K ^a,b,f   Blake, Kelly D ^a   Meissner, Helen I ^c   Saiontz, Nicole Gottlieb ^d   Mull, Corey ^e   Freeman, Carol S ^e   Hesse, Bradford ^d   Croyle, Robert T ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e MACRO INTERNATIONAL INC   (United States)

^f LW703 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

BIBLIOMETRICS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57149102683     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730802487430     Document Type: Review

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