caa a22 4500 475842030 CHVBK 20180406123903.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s101400050004 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s101400050004 West R. W. Piedmont Liability Trust, Box 411, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA, e-mail: RWW4Q@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu, Tel.: + 1-8 04-2 96 21 00, Fax: + 1-8 04-2 96 40 01, US aut Radiology malpractice in the emergency room setting [Elektronische Daten] [R. W. West] Emergency patients present particular liability risks unique to the setting in which they are admitted for care. This article examines the areas of liability for radiologists working in emergency medicine. First, a background of medical malpractice law is set forth to assure an understanding of liability exposure for physicians generally. The article then discusses added risk factors that present in emergency medicine radiology. Court findings from actual legal cases involving emergency radiology are reviewed. Finally, some risk management recommendations are included to assist radiologists working in the area of emergency medicine better to manage the liability risks inherent in their practice. American Society of Emergency Radiology, 2000 Key words Medical malpractice - Liability - Risk management - Legal nationallicence https://doi.org/10.1007/s101400050004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s101400050004 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- West R. W. Piedmont Liability Trust, Box 411, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA, e-mail: RWW4Q@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu, Tel.: + 1-8 04-2 96 21 00, Fax: + 1-8 04-2 96 40 01, US aut Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer