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Cancer in the mass print media: fear, uncertainty and the medical model
- Authors:
- CLARKE Juanne N., EVEREST Michelle M.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 62(10), May 2006, pp.2591-2606.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Cancer is increasing in incidence and prevalence in North America and around the world. The mass print media play an important role in information provision about prevention, diagnosis and treatment of this disease, as well as informing health policy and personal experience. This paper reports on a content analysis of the portrayal of cancer in the highest circulating magazines available in Canada and published in Canada or the USA in 1991, 1996, 2001. It includes both manifest and latent analysis of the framing and content of cancer stories. Manifest analysis documented the dominance of the medical as compared to the lifestyle and political economy frames and the predominance of articles on breast as compared to other cancers. Latent themes included: an emphasis on fear of cancer in that: (1) cancer and fear are frequently conflated; cancer is said to grow outside of awareness; cancer is portrayed as (almost) inevitable; cancer is associated with normal experiences; early detection is associated with diagnosis; and scary statistics are emphasized; (2) contradictions and confusion exist within and between articles; and (3) metaphors of war and battle are used frequently. The paper concludes with a discussion of the implications of the linking of fear with cancer in the context of medicine as the solution.
Protecting the paediatrician: responding to recrimination
- Author:
- HOYTE Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 5(2), May 1996, pp.103-112.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Doctors involved in child abuse proceedings may be subjected to much blame and pressure because of their role as 'messenger'. They frequently need assistance with complaints procedures, disciplinary proceedings, public inquiries, litigation, media problems and other threats to their professional integrity and reputation. The medical model of support which may be offered by the defence organisations has much to command it to other workers in the field. The author, a medico-legal adviser at the Medical Defence Union, surveys the various procedures which may be used by parents and others to challenge paediatricians, and sets out possible ways in which practical support may be given.
Euthanasia and disabled children
- Author:
- KENNEDY Margaret
- Journal article citation:
- Childright, 119, September 1995, pp.11-12.
- Publisher:
- Children's Legal Centre
Examines the issues in, and the media coverage surrounding, the case of Thomas Creedon, a severely disabled child whose parents are seeking the permission of the courts to cease feeding him. Argues that if we continue to view disabled children using the medical model whereby impairment is seen as 'defective' we promote prejudice and disablism and ultimately put all disabled adults and children at risk of widescale euthanasia.