Value judgements in diagnostic radiology: How do we decide?
Value judgements now determine, to a great extent, whether or not the utility of a component of a procedure justifies the cost, in terms of exposure to radiation and financial expenditures. Medical education may ingrain behaviors that emphasize performing procedures that do not justify their costs.
D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003657:Decision Making; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D011859:Radiography / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods