Credibility Seeking through an Interorganizational Alliance: Instigating the Fen-Phen Confrontation Crisis

The Handbook of Crisis Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 657-674

  Sellnow, Timothy L ^a   Veil, Shari R ^b,d   Streifel, Renae A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication ^*

^d Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication   (United States)

Author keywords

Credibility in confrontation crises; Credibility seeking through interorganizational alliance instigating fen phen confrontation crisis; Credibility through interorganizational relationships; Fen phen confrontation generating media attention; Focusing on MeritCare; MeritCare's medical and public relations staffs' perception; Organizations acting as catalyst stimulating movement of issue through its lifecycle; Patient safety forefront of all decision making related to fen phen issue

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960483035     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444314885.ch32     Document Type: Chapter

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