Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 20-25 , February 2009

Radiation oncology: An Irish hospitals approach to supporting patients

  • Caragh Miller

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationSchool of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, Division of Radiation Therapy, St. James's Hospital Campus, Dublin 8, Ireland. Tel.: +353 01 896 3251; fax: +353 01 896 3246.

Received 19 June 2006 ,Revised 23 July 2007 ,Accepted 16 October 2007.

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PII: S1078-8174(07)00097-1

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.10.005

Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 20-25 , February 2009

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