The Radiologist Assistant: What Radiologists Need to Know Now

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 461-470

  Ellenbogen, Paul H ^a   Hoffman, Thomas R ^b   Short, Bradley W ^b   Gonzalez, Ariel ^b  

^a PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiologist assistant; radiology practitioner assistant; role delineation; state laws and regulations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICARE; NURSE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REIMBURSEMENT;

EID: 34250784615     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2007.03.006     Document Type: Article

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