• H F Morrish and O J Messenger.
• University of Calgary, Alberta.
• Can Assoc Radiol J. 1990 Oct 1;41(5):259-63.

AbstractCanadian radiologists interacted with the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA) on 455 occasions between January 1983 and December 1987. The authors have reviewed and categorized these encounters: 55% were a direct result of a lawsuit against an individual radiologist; 28% were initiated by a radiologist who was seeking advice from the CMPA; 7% were requests by the radiologists for help in dealing with a complaint before a provincial College of Physicians and Surgeons. The 55% of encounters resulting in lawsuits are analysed in detail. They fell into four major categories: diagnostic errors (40%); complications of radiologic procedures (33%); patient injuries in a department of radiology (7%); and miscellaneous (20%). In addition to the categorization of cases, the authors make some generalizations about the costs of lawsuits against radiologists in Canada and present some illustrative case histories.

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