Australia’s media reporting of health and medical matters:  a question of quality

Van Der Weyden, Martin B; Armstrong, Ruth M

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06991.x

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Reporting medical news entails a special responsibility

The fundamental question in medical journalism is how best to identify, process and report legitimate medical information to the general public . . . The process . . . is far more haphazard and idiosyncratic than outsiders might ever imagine.1

The Medical Journal of Australia, Locked Bag 3030, Sydney, NSW.

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