ABSTRACT
The number and complexity of legal issues affecting the practicing physician have increased significantly in the last decade. Most of these issues affect all physicians alike, regardless of specialty or practice situation. However, the impact of some may be more or less, depending on the physician's practice situation. Three such issues are discussed here: (1) informed consent and its limits (specifically, how much must the interventional radiologist reveal about his or her background, the capabilities and limitations of the equipment, and the arrangements under which he or she is paid); (2) the National Practitioner Data Bank (the effect that one's practice setting can have on reportability of malpractice payments and proposed changes in the law); (3) turf battles (the potential legal consequences of physician confrontations).
KEYWORD
Informed consent - National Practitioner Data Bank - turf battles
