Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 333-340 , November 2009

A qualitative comparative survey of First Cycle radiography programmes in Europe and Japan

  • Tatsuhito Akimoto

      Affiliations

    • Radiography, Institute of Health Care, University of Malta, Malta
  • ,
  • Carmel J. Caruana

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics, Institute of Health Care, University of Malta, Malta
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +356 99486920.
  • ,
  • Masayuki Shimosegawa

      Affiliations

    • Japanese Society of Education for Radiological Technology, School of Radiological Technology, Gunma Prefectural College of Health Sciences, Japan

Received 24 November 2008 ,Revised 9 March 2009 ,Accepted 20 April 2009.

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PII: S1078-8174(09)00032-7

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2009.04.002

Radiography
Volume 15, Issue 4 , Pages 333-340 , November 2009