Accident and emergency radiography: A comparison of radiographer commenting and 'red dotting'

Radiography

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-71

  Hardy, Maryann ^a   Culpan, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident and emergency; Radiographer comment; Red dot

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TRAINING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 33846145423     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.09.009     Document Type: Article

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