Emergency department patient knowledge and physician communication regarding CT scans

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 824-826

  Zwank, Michael D ^a   Leow, Marissa ^b   Anderson, Christopher P ^c  

^a REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION DOSE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION DOSAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907169866     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2012-202294     Document Type: Article

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