The reporting of theoretical health risks by the media: Canadian newspaper reporting of potential blood transmission of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

• Main Authors: Ahmad Nadya (Author), Dornan Christopher (Author), Code Catherine (Author), Wilson Kumanan (Author), Hébert Paul (Author), Graham Ian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The media play an important role at the interface of science and policy by communicating scientific information to the public and policy makers. In issues of theoretical risk, in which there is scientific uncertainty, the media'...