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European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 12/2004

01-12-2004 | Editorial

Waiting for Godot: waiting in nuclear medicine

Authors: Stefanie De Man, Paul Gemmel, Peter Vlerick, Rudi Dierckx

Published in: European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 12/2004

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Waiting for Godot1 is a twentieth-century literature tragicomedy by Samuel Beckett in which nothing happens, nobody comes and nobody goes. The title has become an expression in itself. This notion of waiting may be an underestimated aspect of professional services provided in the health sector. Additionally, in medico-technical departments such as nuclear medicine, it may be an inevitable problem because of capacity constraints. …
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Waiting for Godot, Samuel Beckett, Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1965. ISBN 0-571-05808-6
 
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Metadata
Title
Waiting for Godot: waiting in nuclear medicine
Authors
Stefanie De Man
Paul Gemmel
Peter Vlerick
Rudi Dierckx
Publication date
01-12-2004
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 12/2004
Print ISSN: 1619-7070
Electronic ISSN: 1619-7089
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00259-004-1592-z

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