The appearance of impropriety is so great that we should make it very very strongly clear to these firms that we do not approve of what they would like to do". Wikipedia's bias against PR pros (as bona fide site contributors) speaks to the challenge our industry faces as it seeks to redefine itself in a world where myriad other reasonably credible information sources abound.
Nurses can play a vital role in initiating and supporting appropriate patient referrals to a wide spectrum of specialized service providers and to credible information sources such as those available on the Internet.
Globally, CEOs (at 43%) and government officials (at 38%) continue to be the least credible information sources, lagging far behind academic or industry experts, who are rated at 70%.
This study also demonstrated that the principal treatment information providers for PHAs, namely physicians and ASO staff, do not perceive each other as being equally credible information sources.
Patient advocacy organizations, in particular, should carefully balance their communications to raise funds for promising research against more pragmatic information on disease management, peer support, and access to credible information sources.
Due to the low knowledge base of the food consumers and the absence of a credible existing information source, a pilot RC tool was developed.
Beyond timeliness, review of the reported information confirmed informal sources as a credible source of outbreak information.
The Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad, appointed him the information Minister to turn Syrian state television into a credible source of information.
4 However, the assessment of Wikipedia as a credible source for information has been debated since its origin.
When possible, while living up to agreements made with sources about how they are identified, we give as much information as possible about the motivation or possible bias of sources as well as an explanation of why they are a credible source of information important to a news story.
