Lack of radiation awareness among referrers: Implications and possible solutions

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 574-581

  Uri, Ishaq Fahmi ^a  

^a OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BARIUM ENEMA; CANCER RISK; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART SCINTISCANNING; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; IONIZING RADIATION; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; SCINTISCANNING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND; X RAY;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENGLAND; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84861318567     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2012.02938.x     Document Type: Article

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