Health Journalists' Perceptions of Their Professional Roles and Responsibilities for Ensuring the Veracity of Reports of Health Research

Journal of Mass Media Ethics: Exploring Questions of Media Morality

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-141

  Forsyth, Rowena ^a   Morrell, Bronwen ^a   Lipworth, Wendy ^b   Kerridge, Ian ^c   Jordens, Christopher F C ^c   Chapman, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84863486860     PISSN: 08900523     EISSN: 15327728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08900523.2012.669290     Document Type: Article

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