Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 64-68 , January 2012

Renegotiating Expertise: An Examination of PACS and the Challenges to Radiology Using a Medical Anthropologic Approach

  • Allison Anne Tillack, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author and reprints: Allison Anne Tillack, MA, University of California, San Francisco, Department of Anthropology, History, and Social Medicine, 3333 California Street, Laurel Heights, Suite 845, San Francisco, CA 94143-0850
    • ,
  • Richard S. Breiman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco

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PII: S1546-1440(11)00387-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.07.006

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 9, Issue 1 , Pages 64-68 , January 2012

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