Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 70-76 , February 2009

Defining and assessing critical thinking skills for student radiographers

  • Alan Castle

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Received 15 June 2007 ,Revised 18 October 2007 ,Accepted 30 October 2007.

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PII: S1078-8174(07)00099-5

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2007.10.007

Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 70-76 , February 2009