Could media reports include a standardized scale for quality of evidence?

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 543-545

  Braithwaite, R Scott ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care journalism; Media; Medical journalism; News; Quality of evidence

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION;

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; RESEARCH REPORT;

EID: 79958695207     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1599-z     Document Type: Review

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