Health Information in the Age of Celebrity Culture
Written by Ann Pietrangelo on July 8th, 2009 in Health Care Policy, In The News, Linked Articles.
Celebrities are everywhere. They peek out from magazine covers in the supermarket check-out, they take up space in the newspaper, and permeate the television news. We live in a culture of celebrity.
When celebrities choose to use the spotlight to bring attention to health issues, there is no denying their power, and their ability to do good.
What do you know about Parkinson’s disease aside from what you’ve learned from Michael J. Fox, or multiple sclerosis from Montel Williams, or spinal cord injury from the late Christopher Reeve?
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