Radiologist found liable for malpractice in Israel for causing a patient's suicide by sending a "bad news" report: Can this happen in the United States?

Leonard Berlin; Jacob Sosna; Dan Halevy

doi:https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.16.16804

Radiologist found liable for malpractice in Israel for causing a patient's suicide by sending a "bad news" report: Can this happen in the United States?

Leonard Berlin, Jacob Sosna, Dan Halevy

Faculty of Medicine

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Abstract

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to present an example of a non-U.S. lawsuit in which a radiologist was found negligent in the case of a psychiatric patient who died by suicide after reading a radiology report sent directly to him. CONCLUSION. Although the lawsuit and its outcome do not influence laws in the United States or any country other than the one in which the case was tried, it should stimulate the radiologic community into giving serious thought to the format and manner in which reports of radiologic examinations are communicated to patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	241-244
Number of pages	4
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	208
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.16.16804
State	Published - Feb 2017

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Bad news radiology reports
Malpractice

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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Radiologist found liable for malpractice in Israel for causing a patient's suicide by sending a "bad news" report: Can this happen in the United States?

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