Protecting the value of medical science in the age of social media and “fake news”
RM Merchant, DA Asch - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
New threats to effective scientific communication make it more difficult to separate science
from science fiction. Patients can be harmed by misinformation or by misplaced trust; for
example, patients with cancer using complementary medicine are more likely than patients
not using it to refuse evidence-based therapies and have higher mortality. 1 Researchers
who produce objective science can no longer focus on simply disseminating the message.
Now they must also defend that evidence from challenges to the validity and interpretation of …
from science fiction. Patients can be harmed by misinformation or by misplaced trust; for
example, patients with cancer using complementary medicine are more likely than patients
not using it to refuse evidence-based therapies and have higher mortality. 1 Researchers
who produce objective science can no longer focus on simply disseminating the message.
Now they must also defend that evidence from challenges to the validity and interpretation of …