Informing patients of diagnostic mammography results: Mammographers' opinions

Academic Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 335-340

  Braeuning, M Patricia ^a   Earp, Jo Anne L ^a,b   O'Brien, Sean M ^a,b   Schell, Michael J ^a,b   Denham, Amy C ^b   Pisano, Etta D ^a   O'Malley, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast radiography; Patient care; Radiology and radiologists

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 0034125613     PISSN: 10766332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1076-6332(00)80007-0     Document Type: Article

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