Health Care Providers Can Help Combat Harmful Misinformation About the Pandemic
Author(s) -
Amanda Sturgill
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
north carolina medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.283
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2379-4313
pISSN - 0029-2559
DOI - 10.18043/ncm.82.1.68
Subject(s) - misinformation , pandemic , internet privacy , covid-19 , public health , health care , public relations , medical emergency , business , computer security , medicine , nursing , computer science , political science , virology , outbreak , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
In a typical flu season or an atypical pandemic, much of the burden for ensuring one's health falls on individual behavior choices, and public health messaging is a tool for enabling people to make good ones. Today's complicated media environment is difficult to navigate. As trusted experts, physicians can guide patients toward evidence-based resources.
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