title: Drug safety and the media.
abstract: This article reviews the problems that may arise as a result of media coverage of drug safety issues. In order to promote more balanced coverage and avoid unnecessary scares, professionals working in the area of drug safety should rethink their strategies for dealing with the media.
authors.affiliation: patrick.waller@btinternet.com
authors.forename: Patrick C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Waller
authors.forename: Stephen J W
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beard
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D003142:Communication; D064420:Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008402:Mass Media