Are we failing to communicate? Internet-based patient education materials and radiation safety

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1698-1702

  Hansberry, David R ^a   Ramchand, Tekchand ^a   Patel, Shyam ^a   Kraus, Carl ^a   Jung, Jin ^a   Agarwal, Nitin ^a   Gonzales, Sharon F ^a   Baker, Stephen R ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Health literacy; Patient education; Radiation safety; Radiology; Readability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; READING; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH LITERACY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906316426     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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