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Student Reviews

Science and health communication

BMJ 2005; 330 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0505218b (Published 01 May 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;330:0505218b
  1. Tiago Villanueva, final year medical student1,
  2. Irina Haivas, fifth year medical student2
  1. 1University of Lisbon, Portugal
  2. 2University of Freiburg, Germany

Science and health communication is the interface between science and medicine, and the media. SciDev (www.scidev.net) is a massive hub of information on science communication and a great place to start. With its colourful fancy looks, it reads like a magazine, with weekly updated news, editorials, features, and book reviews. But there is more - for instance, sections devoted to particular scientific issues of each of the developing world regions, and the dossiers section offers a comprehensive approach to current hot topics in science. And the …

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