What Are the Roles and Responsibilities of the Media in Disseminating Health Information?

Gary Schwitzer, Ganapati Mudur, David Henry, Amanda Wilson, Merrill Goozner, Maria Simbra, Melissa Sweet and Katherine A Baverstock

PLOS Medicine, 2005, vol. 2, issue 7, 1-

Abstract: : In December 2004 three news stories in the popular press suggested that the side effects of single-dose nevirapine, which has been proven to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, had been covered up. Many HIV experts believed that the stories were unwarranted and that they would undermine use of the drug, leading to a rise in neonatal HIV infection. The controversy surrounding these stories prompted the PLoS Medicine editors to ask health journalists, and others with an interest in media reporting of health, to share their views on the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information. The way in which the media report health issues has recently come under scrutiny. What are the the duties of health reporters to their readers?

Date: 2005
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