TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiologist found liable for malpractice in Israel for causing a patient's suicide by sending a "bad news" report
T2 - Can this happen in the United States?
AU - Berlin, Leonard
AU - Sosna, Jacob
AU - Halevy, Dan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© American Roentgen Ray Society.
PY - 2017/2
Y1 - 2017/2
N2 - OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to present an example of a non-U.S. lawsuit in which a radiologist was found negligent in the case of a psychiatric patient who died by suicide after reading a radiology report sent directly to him. CONCLUSION. Although the lawsuit and its outcome do not influence laws in the United States or any country other than the one in which the case was tried, it should stimulate the radiologic community into giving serious thought to the format and manner in which reports of radiologic examinations are communicated to patients.
AB - OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to present an example of a non-U.S. lawsuit in which a radiologist was found negligent in the case of a psychiatric patient who died by suicide after reading a radiology report sent directly to him. CONCLUSION. Although the lawsuit and its outcome do not influence laws in the United States or any country other than the one in which the case was tried, it should stimulate the radiologic community into giving serious thought to the format and manner in which reports of radiologic examinations are communicated to patients.
KW - Bad news radiology reports
KW - Malpractice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85010941397&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2214/AJR.16.16804
DO - 10.2214/AJR.16.16804
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C2 - 27809563
AN - SCOPUS:85010941397
SN - 0361-803X
VL - 208
SP - 241
EP - 244
JO - American Journal of Roentgenology
JF - American Journal of Roentgenology
IS - 2
ER -
