The silent killer in media stories: Representations of hypertension as health risk factor in French-language Canadian newspapers.
The media is recognised as an increasingly important source of information about health risk and disease for non-professionals. The issue for public health actors is the accuracy and objectivity of such information. But the media do not neutrally transmit expert information on health risk; they also...
| Publicado en: | Health, Risk & Society Vol. 13; no. 6; pp. 577 - 593 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Sep2011
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