Health Journalism: An Enigma?

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| Published: February 23, 2022

Health Journalism: An Enigma?

K. R. Sowmiya

Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Madha medical college & research institute, Tamilnadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Nirupama A Y

Lecturer, Indian Institute of Public Health- Hyderabad, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, K Myl Kumaran

Senior Resident, Department of Community Medicine, A.C.S. Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, India Google Scholar More about the auther

, Ravivarman G

Professor, Department of Communtiy Medicine, Chettinad Hospital and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu, India Google Scholar More about the auther

DIP: 18.01.012.20221001

DOI: 10.25215/1001.012

ABSTRACT

Ethics, even though not legally binding, are vital to practice of both medicine and journalism. An inappropriate or incorrect reporting of a health-related event can in times be as dangerous as an incorrect therapy. Understanding the challenges of medical journalism starts with the differentiation of medical journalism into that for the healthcare professionals and then a separate segment for the general public. In most of the cases, a report is influenced by factors like need for public approval, TRP (Television rating point) or in case of scientific literature; a lack of interest in research and an ineffective peer review.

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Bioethics, Medical journalism, Medical ethics, Journalism ethics, Public health, Health communication

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This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

© 2022, K. R. Sowmiya, Nirupama A Y, K Myl Kumaran & Ravivarman G

How to cite this article: K. R. Sowmiya, Nirupama A Y, K Myl Kumaran & Ravivarman G (2022). Health Journalism: An Enigma? International Journal of Indian Psychology, 10(1), 121-125. DIP:18.01.012.20221001, DOI:10.25215/1001.012

Received: November 22, 2021; Revision Received: January 06, 2022; Accepted: February 23, 2022

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Nirupama A Y @ dr.nirupama.a.y@gmail.com

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18.01.012.20221001

10.25215/1001.012

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