Who counts in news coverage of health care?
In a study of the sources of health care news, nurses appeared to be virtually silent: Journalists do not seek out nurses as sources of information on health care. Even female journalists adhere to the same definition of expertise held by their male colleagues and virtually never use nurses as a source of news.
Buresh
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Women, Press & Politics Project, Cambridge, MA.
Gordon
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Bell
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D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008402:Mass Media; D009726:Nurses / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011641:Public Relations / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States; D014930:Women