Effect of media portrayals of removal of children's tissue on UK tumour bank

BMJ. 2005 Aug 13;331(7513):401-3. doi: 10.1136/bmj.331.7513.401.

Abstract

Analysis of newspaper reporting shows how media scandals can affect scientific research, even when the research is not directly linked to the scandal

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Attitude to Health
  • Mass Media
  • Newspapers as Topic*
  • Public Opinion
  • Specimen Handling*
  • Tissue Banks*
  • United Kingdom