Effect on examination ordering by physician attitude, common knowledge, and practice behavior regarding CT radiation exposure

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  McBride, Jeremy F ^a   Wardrop, Richard M ^b   Paxton, Ben E ^c   Mandrekar, Jay ^a   Fletcher, Joel G ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b WAKEMED HEALTH AND HOSPITALS   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Benefit to risk; Computed X ray tomography; Informed consent; Radiation dose; Radiation risk

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; SURVEYS;

COMMON KNOWLEDGE; COMPUTED X-RAY TOMOGRAPHIES; ELECTRONIC SURVEY; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL CENTER; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDES; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RISK;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 84865376888     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: 18734499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinimag.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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