Biomedicalization and the public sphere: Newspaper coverage ofhealth and medicine, 1960s-2000s

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue , 2013, Pages 121-128

  Hallin, Daniel C ^a   Brandt, Marisa ^a   Briggs, Charles L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomedicalization; Content analysis; Journalism; Mass media; Medicalization; Public sphere; USA

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MASS MEDIA; MEDIA ROLE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL HISTORY;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICALIZATION; BIOMEDICINE; CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; PHYSICIAN; POLITICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLICATION; UNITED STATES; MEDICALIZATION; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLISHING; TRENDS;

UNITED STATES;

CHICAGO; HUMANS; JOURNALISM, MEDICAL; MEDICALIZATION; NEW YORK; NEWSPAPERS; POLITICS; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 84883689460     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.030     Document Type: Article

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