Ally, advocate, analyst, agenda-setter? Positions and perceptions of Swedish medical journalists

Medical reporting recommendations: a gap between practical and theoretical approach of journalists in Italy

“…Our results are not dissimilar from those obtained in a previous European survey conducted among 110 Swedish medical reporters, with a response rate of 55% [12] In this case, fact-giving, stimulating, and critical functions were rated as the most important journalist role attributes, followed by advocacy of patient interests and of public health goals. Major perceived problems were self-imposed professional demands, job stress, knowledge and time constraints, selection and contextualization of news material.…”

Widening the debate about conflict of interest: addressing relationships between journalists and the pharmaceutical industry

“…In medicine, for example, there is significant empirical evidence that industry relationships affect physicians' prescribing practices15 and the reported results of industry-funded research 16. Second, while the media often impart important health promotional messages, we know that health-related industries use the media to ‘medicalise’ health concerns (thus contributing to ‘disease mongering’),17 increase consumer demand for unnecessary products, obscure the shortcomings or side-effects of products, and divert attention away from more pressing health concerns and more effective or less costly (particularly non-pharmacological) means of prevention or treatment 7 18…”

Health communication: press reporting - a case of the Institute of Oncology, Ljubljana

“…Key words: health communication, mass media, health news, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana bi izboljševali, informiranje javnosti o verodostojnih znanstvenih raziskavah (8,9). V sosednji Italiji se npr.…”

“…Tako laična kot strokovna zdravstvena javnost zahtevata in potrebujeta točne, koristne, ažurne ter nepristranske informacije o zdravju in zdravstvu. Pri tem so glavni vir strokovnih informacij za strokovno javnost strokovna periodična glasila, medtem ko so za laično javnost glavni vir informacij množični mediji (7,8). Ti so glavni vir organizacijskih informacij s področja zdravstva tudi za večino strokovne zdravstvene javnosti.…”