Radiologist: the newsman of the millennium
- Author:
Kachewar SG
- Publication Type:Editorial
- Keywords:
Medical Education Technology;
Communication Skills;
Doctor-Patient relationship
- From:Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal
2012;8(3):1-3
- CountryMalaysia
- Language:English
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Abstract:
Modern radiologists have a new cap to wear – The Newsman of the Millennium – thanks to the rapid advances in this field in the last fifty years or so. These advances have literally shifted our speciality from the confines of the “dark room” to the full glare of the “front stage” in the dynamic world of doctor-patient relationships.
Today a final diagnosis is rarely reached without any back-up from the field of radio-diagnosis. Often, the radiologist is the first one to pinpoint the diagnosis or to raise a suspicion of the most probable diagnosis in a given scenario. Things which appear good and glorious when disclosing good news become drastic and distasteful when the news is bad and dreadful. While disclosing an incurable ailment like cancer or a genetic disease, procedural complications, diagnostic errors or accidents, the newsman as well as the patient and referring colleagues undergo tremendous emotional turmoil.
This article focuses on the little-known role of the radiologist as the newsman of the millennium and reviews various strategies that can enable them to wear this hat with satisfaction and to deliver good as well as bad news with courage and confidence
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