A couple weeks ago, I mentioned the season finale of Grey's Anatomy and the unrealistic portrayal of clinical trials. Well, it turns out I'm not the only one who noticed. The Association of Clinical Research Professional June ACRPWIRE reprinted an editorial from the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups expressing concern that the show equated cancer clinical trials with a death sentence.
You can find the article here: http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/acrpwire/issues/2008-06-05/1.html.
It can be potentially dangerous when television shows spread misconception about how medicine works. When a television show or other mass medium breeds potential mistrust of medical research, everybody suffers.
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