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Review
. 2004 Oct 9;329(7470):849-51.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.329.7470.849.

Informed consent and communication of risk from radiological and nuclear medicine examinations: how to escape from a communication inferno

Eugenio Picano  1
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Review

Informed consent and communication of risk from radiological and nuclear medicine examinations: how to escape from a communication inferno

Eugenio Picano. BMJ. .

Abstract

Radiological and nuclear medicine examinations confer a definite (albeit low) long term risk of cancer, but patients undergoing such examinations often receive no or inaccurate information about these risks. Picano argues that this disregard of patient autonomy is no longer acceptable and suggests a practicable way of communicating risk

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Graphical presentation of cancer risk and radiation dose (in multiples of dose from a simple chest x ray) for some common radiological examinations
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