Report damns irresponsible press for causing unexpected fatalities
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
There is potentially hopeful news on the horizon for manufacturers concerning the media reporting of medical device incidents - in the UK at least. The UK's Kings Fund, an independent charitable health promotion foundation, is launching today a report, Health in the News, which calls for journalists to ensure that so-called "scare" stories are kept in perspective and which should stimulate more debate among journalists and their editors.