Constructing identities in the media: Newspaper coverage analysis of a major UK Clostridium difficile outbreak

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1542-1552

  Burnett, Emma ^a   Johnston, Bridget ^a   Corlett, Joanne ^a   Kearney, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Media; Multidisciplinary; Newspapers; Nursing; Outbreak; Patient safety; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PUBLICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEWSPAPERS;

EID: 84901938836     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12305     Document Type: Article

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