Pros And Cons Of A Radiologist Being V For Malpractice
Are Radiologist being sued for malpractice because of improper standard of care or are they just being careless.
It is hard to say what is in the mind of a Radiologist every time he or she gets a case they should read, would they read it accurately. The Radiologist can get an exam that is obvious like a broken toe, but there are times they can get exams that is not so obvious, and now what do they do. They can choose to read the exam or close it and choose another exam to read instead. Although morally this sounds horrible they should just read the exam they just opened ethically as a physician, he or she is allowed to do this since according to principles of medical ethics it states: (Fremgen, 2016) A physician shall, in the provision of appropriate …show more content…
Yes, there are Radiologist that took the job just for the money or they thought it was going to be easy sitting in a chair reading all day but it is far from easy and if they are not careful they will be part of that list of Radiologists being sued today for malpractice for reading quickly with no regard for the patient. Hopefully this carelessness never causes harm to any patient It takes a lot of courage to decide to take a profession in which you place someone’s life in your hands and as a physician you must decide prior to taking this profession is this something you really want to do. There will be times when you will make mistakes and there will be times you don’t make mistakes but a patient feels you did something wrong and you might have a suit against you. Although majority of the times it is unintentional negligence, it can still affect your career. If it happens more than once who are people going to believe you or the
It is hard to say what is in the mind of a Radiologist every time he or she gets a case they should read, would they read it accurately. The Radiologist can get an exam that is obvious like a broken toe, but there are times they can get exams that is not so obvious, and now what do they do. They can choose to read the exam or close it and choose another exam to read instead. Although morally this sounds horrible they should just read the exam they just opened ethically as a physician, he or she is allowed to do this since according to principles of medical ethics it states: (Fremgen, 2016) A physician shall, in the provision of appropriate …show more content…
Yes, there are Radiologist that took the job just for the money or they thought it was going to be easy sitting in a chair reading all day but it is far from easy and if they are not careful they will be part of that list of Radiologists being sued today for malpractice for reading quickly with no regard for the patient. Hopefully this carelessness never causes harm to any patient It takes a lot of courage to decide to take a profession in which you place someone’s life in your hands and as a physician you must decide prior to taking this profession is this something you really want to do. There will be times when you will make mistakes and there will be times you don’t make mistakes but a patient feels you did something wrong and you might have a suit against you. Although majority of the times it is unintentional negligence, it can still affect your career. If it happens more than once who are people going to believe you or the