Competing With the Conventional Wisdom: Newspaper Framing of Medical Overtreatment

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 157-172

  Walsh Childers, Kim ^a   Braddock, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; POLICY; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLICATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLIC OPINION; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890109044     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.730173     Document Type: Article

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