Is Cybermedicine Killing You? - A Response From the Authors of the Cochrane Review: Author's Reply
2005
Response to Concerns About Cybermedicine
Commentary
Author Information
Author(s): Gunther Eysenbach
Primary Institution: Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University of Toronto and University Health Network
Conclusion
The authors believe that better communication with journalists could have improved the accuracy of media coverage regarding the retraction of their review.
Supporting Evidence
- The authors retracted their review within 13 days of its publication.
- Media coverage of the original publication was substantial.
Takeaway
The authors think that to fix mistakes in news stories about their research, they should have talked to journalists who already wrote about it, not just those who hadn't published yet.
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