Turf Wars in Radiology: Challenges Leveled at Our Specialty and How to Respond to Them

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 492-493

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; medical economics; radiology and radiologists; socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; IMAGING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; SURGEON;

EID: 34250766707     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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