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Informing the public about advances in cancer therapy
Author(s) -
GERAGHTY J.G.,
ZBAR A.,
COSTA A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
european journal of cancer care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.849
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1365-2354
pISSN - 0961-5423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2002.00285.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pessimism , cancer , work (physics) , order (exchange) , public relations , medical education , epistemology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , finance , political science , engineering , economics
The word cancer continues to be associated with fear and pessimism among the general public, but they also hear of ‘new breakthroughs’ in the field of oncology. This paper considers whether or not such research advances in cancer are occurring and, if so, is this information being accurately transmitted both within and outside the medical profession. If information is to be given to the public, what preparatory work needs to be achieved in order that this is done effectively.