An investigation into the opportunities and barriers to participation in a radiographer comment scheme, in a multi-centre NHS trust

Radiography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 105-108

  Lancaster, Anne ^a   Hardy, Maryann ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Barriers; Opportunities; Radiographer comment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MANDATORY REPORTING; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHER; RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84859216710     PISSN: 10788174     EISSN: 15322831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radi.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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