Attitudes of family physicians, specialists and radiologists about the use of computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging in Ontario

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-65

  You, John J ^a,b   Levinson, Wendy ^c,d   Laupacis, Andreas ^d,e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LAW SUIT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 69749121180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.21002     Document Type: Article

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