Medicolegal Issues for Diagnostic Imaging Professionals (Electronic book text)

Providing detailed, yet concise information, this book covers legal definitions, legal doctrines, malpractice and risk management, ethics, patient rights, and legal concerns of diagnostic imaging, as well as patient confidentiality issues. The book employs short case histories to stimulate discussion, raise other issues, and look at various facets of the questions presented. It also includes HIPAA privacy laws, updated A.A.R.T. code of ethics, and the American College of Radiology Standards for telerediology.