The main idea of this blog is to consider news about health care, and how that is communicated in various media forms including newspapers, academic journals, magazines, the Internet, radio, TV and film. Goals include to foster learning about medicine, and to help bridge the gap between patients and doctors.
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There is no commercial sponsorship of this website. Advertisements will labeled and set apart from the author’s work and primary content. Medical Lessons does not accept payment for links in text or images.
The author is a human being who recognizes that, as such, she cannot be strictly objective about anything. Because she values transparency in journalism, she strives to be up-front about her background and experiences that might influence her writing consciously or unconsciously.
The views expressed in this blog have no relationship whatsoever to any academic institution with which the author is affiliated.
–updated Sept, 2011
