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Julie Cox1,2, Yitka Graham3,4
1Department of Radiology, City Hospitals Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, Kayll Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR4 7TP, UK. julie.cox@chsft.nhs.uk.
Key Points:
• Communication with patients in radiology is, in general, indirect using the referrer as a conduit. • Direct patient communication may be beneficial for radiology departments and radiologists to improve patient awareness about the nature of our role and also to provide correct and measured information about the nature and frequency of discrepancies in radiology.
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