Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 146-157 , May 2009

Job satisfaction of therapy radiographers in the UK: Results of a phase I qualitative study

  • Heidi Probst

      Affiliations

    • Sheffield Hallam University, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, Collegiate Crescent Campus, Robert Winston Building, 11-15 Broomhall Road, Sheffield, S10 2BP, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0114 225 4359, +44 07870213484.
    • ,
  • Sue Griffiths

      Affiliations

    • Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK

Received 8 February 2007 ,Revised 7 February 2008 ,Accepted 12 February 2008.

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Radiography
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