An Evaluation of Health Numeracy among Radiation Therapists and Dosimetrists

Purpose: Medical errors in radiation oncology sometimes involve tasks reliant on practitioners’ grasp of numeracy. Numeracy has been shown to be suboptimal across various health care professionals. Herein, we assess health numeracy among American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) members. M...

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Main Authors: Gabrielle W. Peters, MD, Jacqueline R. Kelly, MD, MSc, Jason M. Beckta, MD, PhD, Marney White, PhD, Lawrence B. Marks, MD, Eric Ford, PhD, Suzanne B. Evans, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-05-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109420303122