Against conventional wisdom: When the public, the media, and medical practice collide

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL.3, 2013, Pages

  Jensen, Jakob D ^a   Krakow, Melinda ^a   John, Kevin K ^a   Liu, Miao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; STANDARDS; UNCERTAINTY;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84890382765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-13-S3-S4     Document Type: Article

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