Turf wars in radiology: Should it be radiologists or cardiologists who do cardiac imaging?

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 749-752

  Levin, David C ^a,b   Rao, Vijay M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HealthHelp Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac CT; Cardiac MRI; Departmental management; Medical economics; Myocardial ischemia; Radiology and radiologists; Socioeconomic issues

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW;

EID: 84928096364     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2005.01.020     Document Type: Article

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