| Marvelous medicines and dangerous drugs: the representation of prescription medicine in the UK newsprint media. | |
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PMID: 20533792 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Using discourse analysis, this study examines the representation of prescription medicines in the UK newsprint media and, specifically, how the meaning and function of medicines are constructed. At the same time, it examines the extent to which the newsprint media represents a resource for health information, and considers how it may encourage or challenge faith in modern medicine and medical authority. As such, it extends analysis around concepts such as the informed patient and examines the representation of patients and doctors and the extent to which patient-doctor identities promoted in the newsprint media reflect a shift away from paternalism to negotiated encounters. Findings show the media constructs a discrete, contradictory, and frequently oversimplified set of characterizations about medicine. Moreover, it discursively constructs realities that justify and sustain medial dominance. Ideological paradigms in discourse assign patients as passive and disempowered while simultaneously privileging "expert" knowledge. This constructs a reality that marginalizes patients' participation in decision-making. |
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Authors:
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Helen Prosser |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Public understanding of science (Bristol, England) Volume: 19 ISSN: 0963-6625 ISO Abbreviation: Public Underst Sci Publication Date: 2010 Jan |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-10 Completed Date: 2010-06-29 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9306503 Medline TA: Public Underst Sci Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 52-69 Citation Subset: QIS |
Affiliation:
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Centre for Public Health Research, University of Salford, UK. H.Prosser@salford.ac.uk |
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Great Britain Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Health Literacy* Humans Information Dissemination* Journalism, Medical Mass Media Newspapers* Physician-Patient Relations Prescription Drugs* Prospective Studies Qualitative Research Social Perception* |
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0/Prescription Drugs |
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