Bruno F, Vercellesi L, Miranda GF "Helping doctors put patients first: an innovative service from health libraries" Health Information and Libraries Journal 22(3): 219-223 September 2005.

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Addresses: flavia.bruno at unimi.it

Title: Helping doctors put patients first: an innovative service from
health libraries

Author(s): Bruno F, Vercellesi L, Miranda GF

Source: HEALTH INFORMATION AND LIBRARIES JOURNAL 22 (3): 219-223 SEP 2005

Document Type: Article
Language: English
Cited References: 16      Times Cited: 0


Addresses: Bruno F (reprint author), Univ Milan, Ctr Studies Drug Commun,
Milan, Italy
Univ Milan, Ctr Studies Drug Commun, Milan, Italy
Sanofi Synthelabo, Sanofi Midy Res Ctr, Milan, Italy

E-mail Addresses: flavia.bruno at unimi.it

Publisher: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON,
ENGLAND
IDS Number: 010CS

ISSN: 1471-1834

EXCERPT FROM PAPER:
Whereas the world of science still attaches great weight to the authority
of the source, which is quantified using objective criteria based on the
numbers of citations, and presented as an “impact factor”, journalism has
no such clear criteria.  A Swedish study in which 110 scientific
journalists were asked to specify their main indicators of professional
quality found that sources or information were ranked third, after respect
for facts and a sense of professional responsibility.  Scientific reporting
could be improved by extending to information sources the concepts of the
new “precision journalism”, an approach that holds that scientific methods
should be extrapolated to journalism.

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