Today, journalists are seeking doctors' opinions more frequently because physicians still
enjoy an enviable reputation for honesty and authority-a comment from a local physician will …

Hoffman: Many doctors and re-searchers that I've talked to dislike reporters and usually
refuse re-quests forinterviews. They describe reporters as unethical, unprofession-al and …

E ncounters with the media usually fit one oftwo cat-egories: either you ask reporters to listen
to you by invit-ing them toa press conference, or they come to you, often without warning …

Because the medical content of the mass media significantly affects public attitudes and
behavior, physicians should participate more fully as critics and sources of that content …

The Mass Media as Sources of Medical Information for Doctors Page 1 By M. Timothy OKeefe
The Mass Media as Sources of Medical Information for Doctors North Carolina physicians see …

One of the anxieties most insistently voiced by the communications media is anxiety about
communication. If we could only communicate—so runs the thread of argument—war would …

The news media have become important in the affairs of both medicine and science.
Thoughtful formulation of policy in connection with them is overdue if serious ethical and …

L ast year Eddie Whitall fell under a slow-moving freight train in the yards near Mississauga,
Ont. Its wheels ground off three of his limbs: his left arm at the shoulder, his right arm below …

Physicians have a social obligation to heal, discover, and teach. Our educational mission
extends beyond our role in professional endeavors and mandates that we inform the public …

Two developments within our society have changed or will change the traditional
physicianpatient relationship: the growing practice of the news media to report new research …