Professional norms regarding how radiologists handle incidental findings

Journal of the American College of Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 253-257

  Brown, Stephen D ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; Incidental findings; incidentaloma; practice guidelines; recommendations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENEFICENCE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALPRACTICE; PATERNALISM; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGIST;

EID: 84928096720     PISSN: 15461440     EISSN: 1558349X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacr.2012.10.003     Document Type: Article

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