Academic Radiology
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 130-135 , February 2009

Breaking Bad News in the Breast Imaging Setting

Presented at the 91st Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, November 28, 2006.

  • Dorit D. Adler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Systems, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, TC 2910P, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: D.D.A.
    • ,
  • Michelle B. Riba, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan Health Systems, Ann Arbor, MI
    • ,
  • Susan Eggly, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

Received 9 July 2008 ,Accepted 24 August 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2008.08.006

Academic Radiology
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