Title |
The over-optimistic portrayal of life-supporting treatments in newspapers and on the Internet: a cross-sectional study using extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation as an example
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Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, August 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-15-59 |
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Authors |
Yen-Yuan Chen, Likwang Chen, Yu-Hui Kao, Tzong-Shinn Chu, Tien-Shang Huang, Wen-Je Ko |
Abstract |
Extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation has been introduced to clinical practice for several decades. It is unclear how internet and newspapers portray the use of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation. This study were: (1) to quantify the coverage of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation use in newspapers and on the Internet; (2) to describe the characteristics of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation users presented in newspaper articles and the Internet web pages in comparison with those shown in extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation studies in Taiwan; and (3) to examine the survival rates of extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation users presented in newspaper articles and the Internet web pages in comparison with those in Taiwan and in the Extracorporeal Life Support Registry Report International Summary for January 2014. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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South Africa | 1 | 33% |
Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 14 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 36% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 14% |
Professor | 2 | 14% |
Other | 1 | 7% |
Researcher | 1 | 7% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 3 | 21% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 36% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 2 | 14% |
Psychology | 2 | 14% |
Social Sciences | 1 | 7% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 7% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 3 | 21% |