Malpractice issues in radiology: Bearing false witness

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1515-1521

  Berlin, Leonard ^a,b  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXPERT WITNESS; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LICENSING; MALE; MALPRACTICE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PATELLA FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGIST; RADIOLOGY; REVIEW; SUBDURAL EMPYEMA; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SURGEON; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; LEGAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY;

ADULT; DECEPTION; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HEMATOMA, SUBDURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MALPRACTICE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0038276956     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.6.1801515     Document Type: Review

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