Radiotherapy physicists have become glorified technicians rather than clinical scientists

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1379-1381

  Amols, Howard I ^a   Van Den Heuvel, Frank ^b   Orton, Colin G ^c  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMAN; MANPOWER; OCCUPATION; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECIALIZATION;

CAREER CHOICE; CERTIFICATION; HEALTH PHYSICS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONS; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 77950576758     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3298378     Document Type: Article

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