News Media Coverage of Screening Mammography for Women in Their 40s and Tamoxifen for Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer
Open Access
- 19 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA
- Vol. 287 (23) , 3136-3142
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.287.23.3136
Abstract
Many people become acquainted with important health care issues through the news media. Several recent studies, however, raise questions about how well the press covers medical issues. Moynihan et al,1 for example, found that news stories reporting on the benefits and harms of 3 popular medications were often inadequate or incomplete: less than two thirds of stories quantified treatment benefit, and only about half mentioned potential harms.Keywords
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