Patient self-referral for radiologic screening tests: Clinical and ethical concerns

Journal of the American Board of Family Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 494-501

  Fenton, Joshua J ^a,b,c   Deyo, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 357183   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSUMER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECHOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HAZARD; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HEEL; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MARKET; MEDICAL ETHICS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION; UNITED STATES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INFORMED CONSENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY DISEASE; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MASS SCREENING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 3543128857     PISSN: 08938652     EISSN: 15448770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.16.6.494     Document Type: Article

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