Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 142-146 , May 2007

How to achieve advanced practitioner status: A discussion paper

  • Beverly Snaith

      Affiliations

    • Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust, Radiology Department, Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield WF1 4DG, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 1924 213360.
  • ,
  • Maryann Hardy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Radiography, School of Health Studies, University of Bradford, Trinity Road, Bradford BD5 0BB, UK

Received 8 November 2005 ,Accepted 9 January 2006.

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PII: S1078-8174(06)00002-2

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.01.001

Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 142-146 , May 2007