Media Coverage of Medical Decision Making at the End of Life: A Belgian Case Study.

This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision making. The authors examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, they found an overreporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes r...

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Publicado en:Death Studies Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 125 - 136
Autores principales: Van Brussel, Leen, Van Landeghem†, Paul, Cohen, Joachim
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Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2014
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          Van Brussel, Leen
          Van Landeghem†, Paul
          Cohen, Joachim
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          Centre for Studies on Media and Culture, Vrije University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
          End-of-Life Care Research Group, Ghent University, Vrije University Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
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        Belgium
        Mass media criticism
        Content analysis
        Terminally ill
        Quantitative research
        Chi-squared test
        Probability theory
        Statistics
        Decision making in clinical medicine
        Data analysis
        Data analysis software
        Descriptive statistics
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          Mass media criticism
          Content analysis
          Terminally ill
          Quantitative research
          Belgium
          Chi-squared test
          Probability theory
          Statistics
          Decision making in clinical medicine
          Data analysis
          Data analysis software
          Descriptive statistics
      ab: This article presents a content analysis of Belgian media coverage of end-of-life decision making. The authors examine a selection of press articles and the differences among media genres in covering the issue. In general terms, they found an overreporting of euthanasia; a focus on dying processes resulting from cancer and Alzheimer's disease; and an attention to political discussions and political voices, which outnumber patient voices. In genre-specific terms, unlike mainstream media, niche media reported less mediagenic aspects of the end of life. Finally, although popular mainstream media focus on personal aspects of the end-of-life, elite mainstream media privilege political aspects.
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