The ACR Guideline on Communication: To Be or Not to Be, That Is the Question

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 109-114

  Lucey, Leonard L ^a   Kushner, David C ^b  

^a AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF THE KING S DAUGHTERS   (United States)

Author keywords

ACR guideline; Communication; legal issues; quality practice; radiology reporting

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSURANCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALPRACTICE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLICATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

EID: 84928096691     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.11.007     Document Type: Review

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