The radiology report - Are we getting the message across?

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 66, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1015-1022

  Wallis, A ^a   McCoubrie, P ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; RADIOLOGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 80052967330     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: 1365229X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2011.05.013     Document Type: Review

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