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Evaluating the media as a source of Drug Therapy Information Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 67 discusses the role played by the media as a source of drug therapy information. Conclusions: The media are important for disseminating new therapeutic information and hence quality and completeness of reporting is vital. Frequently therapeutic effects are neither as spectacular nor as disastrous as media headlines suggest. Health care professionals must know how to critique and verify information coming from news stories.

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Title
Evaluating the media as a source of Drug Therapy Information
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 67
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2007-12
Description
Therapeutics Letter 67 discusses the role played by the media as a source of drug therapy information. Conclusions: The media are important for disseminating new therapeutic information and hence quality and completeness of reporting is vital. Frequently therapeutic effects are neither as spectacular nor as disastrous as media headlines suggest. Health care professionals must know how to critique and verify information coming from news stories.
Subject
Mass Media; Journalism
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433646
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85056
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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