Feeling the pulse: Journalists, public relations practitioners and medical news reporting

Australian Journalism Review

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Furlan, Patrizia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 84870286384     PISSN: 08102686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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