Radiography
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , February 2011

Improving students’ confidence levels in communicating with patients and introducing students to the importance of history taking

  • Georgia K.B. Halkett

      Affiliations

    • WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care/Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
    • Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. WA Centre for Cancer and Palliative Care, Curtin University of Technology, Health Research Campus, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia. Tel.: +61 8 9266 1762; fax: +618 9266 1770.
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  • Janice McKay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Imaging and Applied Physics, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
    • ,
  • Therese Shaw

      Affiliations

    • Child Health Promotion Research Centre, School of Exercise, Biomedical & Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia

Received 22 September 2009 ,Revised 8 December 2009 ,Accepted 25 February 2010.

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PII: S1078-8174(10)00031-3

doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2010.02.006

Radiography
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 55-60 , February 2011

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