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Breast Cancer Screening
Is mammography screening affected by perception of malpractice?
September 8th, 2005
Is mammography screening affected by the perception of malpractice' Researchers in the United States conducted a study "To assess the relationship between radiologists' perception of and experience with medical malpractice and their patient-recall rates in actual community-based clinical settings. All study activities were approved by the institutional review boards of the involved institutions, and patient and radiologist informed consent was obtained where necessary. This study was performed in three regions of the United States (Washington, Colorado, and New Hampshire)." According to J. G. Elmore and colleagues, "Radiologists who routinely...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-08)
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