X-rays: The Patients' Right-To-Know Policy Statement

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  |  * Whereas x-rays are a proven cause of human cancer and mutations;      |
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  |  * Whereas dosage, from any medical agent which is a proven carcinogen   |
  |    and mutagen, should be measured, recorded, and kept as low as         |
  |    technically possible, consistent with obtaining its medical and       |
  |    dental benefit;                                                       |
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  |  * Whereas nuclear workers have their exposures to radiation routinely   |
  |    measured, even though they often accumulate less exposure than        |
  |    non-cancer medical patients;                                          |
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  |  * THEREFORE, medical and dental patients have the right (a) to know     |
  |    their radiation exposures from x-ray imaging procedures and to        |
  |    possess a reliable dose-record, and (b) to know that the medical and  |
  |    dental communities are actively seeking the most effective ways to    |
  |    reduce dosage during x-ray imaging procedures,                        |
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  |                I support the patients' right to know.                    |
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  |    Signature____________________________________ Date__________________  |
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  |    Printed Name________________________________________________________  |
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  |    Address_____________________________________________________________  |
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  |    Address_____________________________________________________________  |
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  |    XaHP will make progress-reports via e-mail twice per year. Tell us    |
  |    if you wish to receive them, please.   Yes [  ]    No [  ]            |
  |    Signers of this statement are protected by the privacy policy         |
  |    stated at the bottom  of this file.                                   |
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     Your support for "X-Rays: The Patients' Right-to-Know Policy
     Statement" can be delivered by printing this text-only copy,
     filling it in, and mailing it to:

          John W. Gofman, M.D., Ph.D.
          XaHP, the X-rays and Health Project
	  Committee for Nuclear Responsibility, Inc.
	  PO Box 421993
	  San Francisco  CA  94142-1993



     PRIVACY POLICY for
     "X-Rays: The Patients' Right-to-Know Policy Statement."

     The database, which is growing from the signed Policy Statements,
     has only one purpose: To persuade x-ray practitioners, hospital
     administrators, and HMOs, that growing numbers of patients IN
     THEIR OWN SERVICE-AREA expect action on reduction of x-ray dose
     per x-ray procedure.

     No part of this database will ever be used for any other purpose.
     To protect your information from theft, XaHP stores the names,
     addresses, and e-mail addresses only in a computer NOT attached to
     the internet. And our website does not carry advertisements. We do
     everything we can think of to protect you from unwanted mail of
     any sort and to protect your privacy.

     Thank you for adding your name to this effort, to reduce x-ray
     dose per x-ray procedure. An attractive feature of this effort is
     that it can succeed locally and rapidly (within 18-24 months),
     without waiting for universal success statewide or nationally.
     Please consider sending this webpage to your own e-mail
     address-book.