The Hippocratic Oath and journalism

From Dr. Oz to Sanjay Gupta, Rita Rubin discusses physicians who practice journalism and the hazards they face, from NBC's Nancy Snyderman being criticized for violating her self-imposed Ebola quarantine to CBS's Jennifer Ashton wearing a pink ribbon while reporting on breast cancer: "These situations highlight what one journalist, who also is a physician, calls the potential 'minefield' of navigating two professions that have different ethical standards and goals."

August 17, 2015

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