Recommendations for safer radiotherapy: What's the message?

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 2 SEP, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Dunscombe, Peter ^a  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Error management; Radiotherapy; Safety

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE TRAINING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION SAFETY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84891638837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00129     Document Type: Review

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