Ethic, deontologic, social, and economic reflections on screening with helical CT. Part II: Specific aspects;Considerazioni etiche, deontologiche, sociali ed economiche sugli screening con TC spirale. Parte II: Aspetti specifici

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 310-319

  Catalano, Orlando ^a,c   Tamburrini, Oscar ^b   Siani, Alfredo ^a  

^a Ospedale S Maria delle Grazie   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CALCIFICATION; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPY; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; ETHICS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOGRAPHY, COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC; CORONARY DISEASE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED;

EID: 8444235597     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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