Year: 2002
Type: article
Abstract: Although the reporters failed in these cases to accuratelyexplainscientificinformation,notmedicreportsareascare-less.Responsiblereportingbyjournalistscanilluminateim-portant issues for the general public that might have oth-erwise remained obscured in the scientific arena. In somecases,investigativereportershaveexposedaspectsofmedi-cineandmedicalsciencethatpromptedlegislativeandpolicychanges in the health care system.Forexample,a
Source: JAMA
Author: M. Shuchman
Institution: University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Language: English
Topic: Journalism and Media Studies
Subfield: Communication
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2079968837