Risks and responsibilities in diagnostic and interventional radiology. Ethical and medicolegal considerations
Picard, L.; Bracard, S.; Braun, M.; Anxionnat, R.; Moret, C.; Lebedinsky, A.; Finitsis, S.; Schmitt, E.; Kremer, S.
Journal de Radiologie 86(5 Pt 2): 579-585
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0221-0363 PMID: 16106797 Document Number: 584546
Medical risk management has one main purpose: to ensure the safety of care. The law of March 2002 has generated a true cultural revolution. The radiologist is involved with new and difficult areas of medical liability due to technical advances, the increasing number of imaging techniques, the increasing complexity of imaging techniques, their efficiency and the need for multidisciplinary approach. Imaging recommendations requiring increasing levels of technical and clinical skills. The radiologist is liable with regards to the indications of imaging studies, and also with regards to informed consent. The prevention of medicolegal problems is achieved by competency, which must be combined to good liability insurance and ongoing vigilance supported by appropriate continuous medical education.