Patient understanding of radiation risk from medical computed tomography—A comparison of Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic emergency department populations

Background. Cultural differences and language barriers may adversely impact patients with respect to understanding the risks/benefits of medical testing. Objective. We hypothesized that there would be no difference in Hispanic vs. non-Hispanic patients’ knowledge of radiation risk that results from...

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Autores principales: McNierney-Moore, Afton, Smith, Cynthia, Guardiola, Jose, Xu, K. Tom, Richman, Peter B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
Materias:
Emergency and Critical Care
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019999
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.937

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4435503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26019999
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.937

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