Bad advice : or why celebrities, politicians, and activists aren't your best source of health information /

Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and naïve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Offit, Paul A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Communication in public health.
Communication in medicine.
Health in mass media.
Communication en santé publique.
Communication en médecine.
Santé dans les médias.
MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: On being naïve
  • What science is
  • and what it isn't
  • White mice and windowless rooms
  • An alibi for ignorance
  • Feeding the beast
  • To debate or not to debate
  • Make 'em laugh
  • Science goes to the movies
  • The Emperor's new clothes
  • Judgment day
  • The nuclear option
  • Pharma shill
  • A ray of hope
  • Epilogue: The end of the tour.

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