Reporting research in medical journals and newspapers
BMJPublished 1 July 1995Open access
A. M Van Trigt, F. M. Haaijer-Ruskamp, Lothar Berg
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It is reported that British medical journalists base their stories on full research articles and not on the journals' press releases, and that letters to the editor are not used as a source of information because they are not peer reviewed.
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BMJReporting research in medical journals and newspapers
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The Lancet and BMJ are both examined carefully by broadsheet journalists in Britain each week, and stories focused on serious diseases, topical health problems, and new treatments rather than social problems.
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The pharmaceutical industry did not seem to play a role as source of ideas and information according to the journalists, but professional medical journals and information from universities and their hospitals are the third most frequently cited source of information in the newspaper articles.