Re: Informed consent, etc.

["J. J. Rozental" <josrozen@netmedia.net.il>]

Professor Gibbs, 
At 08:49 AM 5/11/99 -0500, you wrote:

>The major issue is qualifications of medical users of 
>radiation. 

Was this the  main reason for so high number of misadministrations in the
United States, for fiscal year 1996, according with Report to Congress?
http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/COMMISSION/SECYS/1997-023scy.html
REPORT TO CONGRESS ON ABNORMAL OCCURRENCES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1996, eleven
involved medical brachytherapy misadministrations, and five involved
radiopharmaceutical misadministrations.

United States is a great democracy and inform openly this information, I
doubt any other countries do the same.

I have in draft form the IAEA Safety Guide "Radiation Protection in Medical
Exposures" Would you like a copy? -- If so, I can send by e-mail, please inform 
directly.


J. J. Rozental
josrozen@netmedia.net.il
Israel

  
jjrozental

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