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Journalists’ views on media coverage of medical tests and overdiagnosis: a qualitative study

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  • Mary O'Keeffe Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Brooke Nickel Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSydney Health Literacy Lab, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thomas Dakin Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSydney Health Literacy Lab, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Chris G Maher Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Loai Albarqouni Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Kirsten McCaffery Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSydney Health Literacy Lab, Sydney School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Alexandra Barratt Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ray Moynihan Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare, Bond University, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mary O'Keeffe; mary.okeeffe{at}sydney.edu.au
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O'Keeffe M, Nickel B, Dakin T, et al
Journalists’ views on media coverage of medical tests and overdiagnosis: a qualitative study
BMJ Open 2021;11:e043991. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043991

Publication history

  • Received August 19, 2020
  • Accepted May 18, 2021
  • First published June 1, 2021.
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February 15, 2022
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