Medico-Legal Radiology
By- William Hare, AO, MD, DDR(Melb), FRACP, FRACR, FRCR(London), DDU, Professor Emeritus of Radiology, University of Melbourne, Honorary Member, Radiological Society of North America
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 authors personal experience as an expert witness, and makes suggestions for reducing risk and tailoring report-writing to the legal environment.
Audience
Practising radiologists; trainee radiologists
Paperback, 200 Pages
Published: September 2007
Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
ISBN: 978-0-7295-3831-2
Contents
- Preface
1. Lawmakers and Legal Processes
2. Radiologists and the Law
3. Interpretation of Diagnostic Images
4. Writing Reports
5. Breast Cancer
6. The Lungs
7. Obstetrics and Gynaecology
8. Bones Joints and Soft Tissues
9. Back Pain
10. The Neck
11. Brain and Spinal Cord
12. The Abdomen
13. The Circulation
14. Forensic Radiology
Appendices
A. Medical Boards of Australia and New Zealand
B. Medical Defence Organisations
Index
