Citation

Berlin L, Sosna J, Halevy D. AJR Am. J. Roentgenol. 2016; 208(2): 241-244.

Affiliation

Department of Radiology, Hadassah Hospital, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, American Roentgen Ray Society)

DOI

10.2214/AJR.16.16804

PMID

27809563

Abstract

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.

Language: en