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Ethics and teamwork for pediatric medical imaging procedures: insights from educational play therapy

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The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Caroline Kennedy and Associate Professor Joce Nuttal for valuable input in reading and commenting on this manuscript. Kennedy, quality unit manager with the Medical Imaging Department, Royal Children’s Hospital, reviewed the manuscript from a radiology perspective. Nuttall, principal research fellow for the faculty of education, Australian Catholic University, provided very useful comments from an educational and interdisciplinary perspective.

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Delany, C., Conwell, M. Ethics and teamwork for pediatric medical imaging procedures: insights from educational play therapy. Pediatr Radiol 42, 139–146 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2271-4

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