Investigation and counter measures on the mass media reports about the medical disputs and their impact on the public perception and behaviors
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4246.2016.04.003
- VernacularTitle:大众媒体对医患纠纷的报道及其对公众认知与行为的影响
- Author:
Xinhang LYU
;
Qian LI
;
Ran TAO
;
Jiayan XU
;
Yuchuan WEN
;
Zhiwei WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
The mass media;
Medical disputs;
Countermeasures
- From:
International Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine
2016;38(4):295-299
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
To investigate and summarize the characteristics of mass media reports about medical disputs, and to analyze how the reports impact public perception and behaviors, and finally to propose some suggestions. A total of 385 people were conveniently randomizedly sampled to the survey, including 280 citizens in Beijing and 105 netizens. The results showed reporting modes by the mass media were diversified, and their truthfulness was various. Among them, 63.56% people thought the mass media reporting “medical disputs” almost supported the truthfulness, while 23.29% thought the mass media lacked truthfulness, because the format of the mass media reporting was fast speed rather than good quality. A total of 98.63% people thought the mass media has an impact on the public perception and behaviours, where 69.36% supported their positive aspects, while 30.64% showed negative. Based on the views above, it’s found that the mass media lacked right information of medicine. Therefore, in order to make a harmonious condition of doctor-patient relationship, it’s necessary to truly report the news with a scientific view, to build a platform for the information exchanges between hospitals and media, and to strengthen the social supervision and management.
