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Letter in response to Laing et al., “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning”

“An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning” by Laing et al. The authors’ comment that research into the experiences of larger bodied patients should focus on compassionately improving care for this patient population rath...

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Autores principales: Bolderston, Amanda, Brydon, Megan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10258628/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37182908
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.684
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spelling pubmed-102586282023-06-13 Letter in response to Laing et al., “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning” Bolderston, Amanda Brydon, Megan J Med Radiat Sci Correspondences “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning” by Laing et al. The authors’ comment that research into the experiences of larger bodied patients should focus on compassionately improving care for this patient population rather than framing large‐bodied patients as a burden or problem, and should include commentary on the effects of weight‐bias in the healthcare system.[Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-05-14 2023-06 /pmc/articles/PMC10258628/ /pubmed/37182908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.684 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australian Society of Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy and New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Letter in response to Laing et al., “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning”
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title_full Letter in response to Laing et al., “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning”
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title_full_unstemmed Letter in response to Laing et al., “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning”
title_short Letter in response to Laing et al., “An evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning”
title_sort letter in response to laing et al., “an evaluation of radiation therapy patient body mass index trends and potential impact on departmental resource planning”
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jmrs.684
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