Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , May 2008

Mixed messages? A comparison between the perceptions of radiation therapy patients and radiation therapists regarding patients' educational needs

Received 2 March 2006 ,Accepted 1 September 2006.

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☆ This article builds on work previously published in the Canadian Journal of Medical Radiation Technologists,27 which is reproduced with permission. Part of the original research was carried out for a Master of Science degree at Anglia Ruskin University.

PII: S1078-8174(06)00106-4

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2006.09.001

Radiography
Volume 14, Issue 2 , Pages 111-119 , May 2008

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