Journalists as Change Agents in Medicine and Health Care

Journalists as change agents in medicine and health care.

PHYSICIANS AND SCIENTISTS HAVE CRITICIZED JOURNALISTS FOR misleading the public about important medical issues. For example, a 1997 survey of scientists found that the majority of them believed that reporters do not understand statistics well enough to explain new scientific findings, do not understand the nature of science and technology, and are more interested in sensationalism than in scien...

Statement of Principles for Health Care Journalists

Gary Schwitzer In “The Commercialisation of Medical and Scientifi c Reporting” [1], Caulfi eld calls on journalists to ask researchers about the nature of their funding and the fi nancial relationship of the researchers to the sponsor. This is just one principle addressed in a much broader “Statement of Principles” I wrote this past year for the Association of Health Care Journalists (http:⁄⁄ww...

Medicinal Plants as Immunosuppressive Agents in Traditional Iranian Medicine

Agents for change: nonphysician medical providers and health care quality.

Quality medical care is a clinical and public health imperative, but defining quality and achieving improved, measureable outcomes are extremely complex challenges. Adherence to best practice invariably improves outcomes. Nonphysician medical providers (NPMPs), such as physician assistants and advanced practice nurses (eg, nurse practitioners, advanced practice registered nurses, certified regi...

What Distinguishes Preventive Medicine from Preventive Health Care in Health Care Systems?

Letter to Editor