Learning from diagnostic errors: A good way to improve education in radiology

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-376

  Pinto, Antonio ^a   Acampora, Ciro ^a   Pinto, Fabio ^a   Kourdioukova, Elena ^b   Romano, Luigia ^a   Verstraete, Koenraad ^b  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diagnostic radiology; Medical negligence; Radiological error

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST LESION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NODULE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEGLIGENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; MEDLINE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 79957916063     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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