Perceptual error and the culture of open disclosure in Australian radiology

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-211

  Pitman, A G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abnormality detection; Medical negligence; Perceptual error; Radiological error

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NEGLIGENCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISCLOSURE; HUMANS; MALPRACTICE; OBSERVER VARIATION; RADIOLOGY;

EID: 33744777512     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2006.01563.x     Document Type: Review

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