Patient anxiety in magnetic resonance imaging centres: Is further intervention needed?

Radiography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 265-266

  Tischler, Victoria ^a   Calton, Tim ^a   Williams, Michael ^a   Cheetham, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Interventions; Multi media; Radiographers; Scanning; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; DIAZEPAM; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MUSIC; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION;

EID: 45149117220     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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