Radiologic errors and malpractice: a blurry distinction.

Leonard Berlin

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Radiologic errors and malpractice: a blurry distinction.

March 4, 2015

Berlin L. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007;189(3):517-22.

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Reviewing legal and clinical literature, the author discusses the unclear delineation between malpractice and error in radiology.

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