Some radiologists have learned that their manner and manifest anxiety render them unsuitable agents for the administration of contrast media. I would recommend that individuals injecting these materials adopt the mien of equanimity urged upon us by Sir William Osler, treat their patients with gentleness and inapparent concern and not arouse their anxieties or increase their fear.” Anthony LF Lalli, 1980 (1)
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