The gastrointestinal advanced practitioner: An emerging role for the modern radiology service

Radiography

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 151-160

  Nightingale, J ^a   Hogg, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ENEMA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSULTATION; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHER; RADIOLOGIST; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0042267406     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1078-8174(03)00038-5     Document Type: Review

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