The mea culpa conundrum

Radiology

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 284-287

  Berlin, Leonard ^a  

^a North Shore University Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST CALCIFICATION; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDITORIAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL LIABILITY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEDICAL ERROR; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; VIGNETTE;

COMMUNICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIABILITY, LEGAL; MAMMOGRAPHY; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77950106091     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2532090933     Document Type: Editorial

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