Professional Relationship Between Physicians and Journalists in Bangladesh: Web-Based Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A health care system is intertwined with multiple stakeholders, including government institutions, pharmaceutical companies, patients, hospitals and clinics, health care professionals, health researchers and scientific medical experts, patients and consumer organizations, and media organizations. Physicians and journalists are the key actors who play a significant role in making health care services and health information accessible to the people of a country.

Objective

The aim of this study was to explore the tensions and alliances between physicians and journalists in Bangladesh, along with identifying strategies that could potentially improve the often contentious relationship and quality of medical journalism.

Methods

We conducted a web-based cross-sect

SUBMITTER: Islam MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10366956 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature