Physicians' liability in interventional radiology and endovascular therapy

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 240-243

  Mavroforou, Anna ^a,c   Giannoukas, Athanasios ^a   Mavrophoros, Dimitrios ^b   Michalodimitrakis, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b Asklepeion Medical Center   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Endovascular therapy; Informed consent; Interventional radiology; Malpractice; Medical litigation

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

ENDOVASCULAR THERAPY;

RADIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; LAW SUIT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENT FORMS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MALPRACTICE; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; RADIOLOGY, INTERVENTIONAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037687370     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0720-048X(02)00192-4     Document Type: Article

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