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Angelina Jolie's faulty gene: newspaper coverage of a celebrity's preventive bilateral mastectomy in Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics - 1 Jul 2014

Kamenova Kalina, Reshef Amir, Caulfield Timothy

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PURPOSE: This study investigates the portrayal of Angelina Jolie's preventive bilateral mastectomy in the news media. Content analysis of print news was conducted to identify major frames used in press coverage, the overall tone of discussions, how journalists report broader questions about BRCA1/2 testing and hereditary breast/ovarian cancer, and whether they raise concerns about the impact of celebrities on...

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PMID: 24357851
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2013.199

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