GP speciality trainees' knowledge, attitude and practice regarding risks associated with common radiological investigations

Education for Primary Care

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 355-362

  Willoughby, Hannah ^a   Ahmed, Haroon ^b   Jenkinson, Rebecca ^a   Edwards, Adrian ^b  

^a Wales Deanery ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Cochrane Institute of Primary Care and Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Education; Primary care; Radiology; Risk; Risk communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INDUCED NEOPLASM; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84885415968     PISSN: 14739879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14739879.2013.11494200     Document Type: Article

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