Radiation exposure from imaging tests in pediatric emergency medicine: A survey of physician knowledge and risk disclosure practices

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 36-44

  Boutis, Kathy ^a   Fischer, Jason ^a   Freedman, Stephen B ^b   Thomas, Karen E ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

child; computed tomography; management; radiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT WORRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; HEAD; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; COMMUNICATION; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HEAD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84903125721     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2014.01.030     Document Type: Article

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