Medico-legal Radiology
- ISBN-10
- 0729538311
- ISBN-13
- 9780729538312
- Category
- Diagnosis, Radioscopic
- Pages
- 201
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Elsevier Australia
- Author
- William S. C. Hare
Description
This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. Radiologists are sued for all sorts of reasons - but particularly when diagnoses are missed - and in compensation cases their reports can be critical in determining the outcome. Medico-Legal Radiology describes over 100 cases from the author's personal experience as an expert witness, and makes suggestions for reducing risk and tailoring report-writing to the legal environment. The legal issues in radiological practice and medical defence The radiologist as a witness How to write a legal opinion How to write reports with possible litigation in mind Detailed discussions of cases relating to each body system
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