Improving the delivery of health care to patients: radiographers and frontline image interpretation
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Australia led the world in raising the level of entry-level education to practice as a radiographer. It now lags behind in formalising radiographer input into the process of image interpretation. The time has come to rectify this situation.
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 65 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018