Journalists' views on media coverage of medical tests and overdiagnosis: a qualitative study

M O'Keeffe, B Nickel, T Dakin, CG Maher… - BMJ open, 2021 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objective Promotional media coverage of early detection tests is an important driver of
overdiagnosis. Following research evidence that global media coverage presents the …

Media coverage of the benefits and harms of testing the healthy: a protocol for a descriptive study

M O'Keeffe, A Barratt, C Maher, J Zadro, A Fabbri… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Much testing in medicine is aimed at healthy people to facilitate the early
detection of health conditions. However, there is growing evidence that early detection is a …