Three randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of “spin” in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments on patients’/caregivers’ interpretation of treatment benefit

Title
Three randomized controlled trials evaluating the impact of “spin” in health news stories reporting studies of pharmacologic treatments on patients’/caregivers’ interpretation of treatment benefit
Authors
Keywords
Randomized trial, Spin, Distorted interpretation, Detrimental research practices
Journal
BMC Medicine
Volume 17, Issue 1, Pages -
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Online
2019-06-04
DOI
10.1186/s12916-019-1330-9

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