Abstract

“Them that asks no questions isn't told a lie”—Kipling, in A Smuggler's Song. “I will not be baited with what, and why; what is this? what is that? why is a cow's tail long? why is a fox's tail bushy??”—Samuel Johnson The radiologist has been subjected to a spate of questionnaires in recent years; and as each new one reaches his desk, he may well, like Sam Johnson, cry out in dismay. A host of detailed items require response, and thick charts may have to be reviewed. Should he bother? He may reply, as did one respondent, that he hadn't enough information to justify filling out “these 4 pages of quarto.” He may, as did another, plaintively suggest that the time involved would suffice for him to write an article himself. Or, in a reflective mood, he may recall wondering about the dangers of a special procedure and finding no precise information available. If this last is his reaction, he will get to the business at hand with dispatch and send off the completed questionnaire with the hope that his collaborat...

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