What are the roles and responsibilities of the media in disseminating health information?
BACKGROUND TO THE DEBATE: In December 2004 three news stories in the popular press suggested that the side effects of single-dose nevirapine, which has been proven to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, had been covered up. Many HIV experts believed that the stories were unwarranted and tha...
| Format: | Article |
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| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2005-07-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020215 |