Management of incidental findings during imaging research in "healthy" volunteers: Current UK practice

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1009, 2012, Pages 11-21

  Booth, T C ^a   Waldman, Adam D ^b   Wardlaw, J M ^c   Taylor, S A ^d   Jackson, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84455194632     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/73283917     Document Type: Article

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