Medicine, the media and political interests

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 768-770

  Lipworth, Wendy ^a,b   Kerridge, Ian ^b   Morrell, Bronwen ^b   Bonfiglioli, Catriona ^c   Forsyth, Rowena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MASS MEDIA; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872267768     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2012-100875     Document Type: Article

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