Editorial: How does the media portray cancer?

Citation

Johnston B (2005) Editorial: How does the media portray cancer?. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 11 (9), p. 456. http://www.internurse.com/cgi-bin/go.pl/library/abstract.html?uid=19977

Abstract
First paragraph: Those people who know me professionally will know that my professional interests lie in psychosocial care, loss, expertise in palliative nursing and end-of-life care both in practice and research terms. However, those people who know me personally know that I have a particular interest in soaps, serial dramas and celebrity gossip. Indeed, a colleague and I decided recently that our Mastermind specialist subject would be Eastenders or Friends. With this in mind and in light of the European Cancer Conference in Paris this month, I decided to focus this editorial on cancer and the media.

Keywords
media; cancer; Health in mass media; Cancer; Mass media

Journal
International Journal of Palliative Nursing: Volume 11, Issue 9