Marvelous medicines and dangerous drugs: The representation of prescription medicine in the UK newsprint media

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-69

  Prosser, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discourse analysis; Informed patient; Newsprint media; Prescription medicines; UK

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM;

GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 73549090165     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662508094100     Document Type: Article

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