title: The radiologist as an attending physician: routine or special procedure?
abstract: The role of the interventional radiologist as an attending physician is discussed, and the disadvantages considered. It is the author's opinion that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, and that a system in which interventional radiologists function as attending physicians will have limited applicability in most practices.
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010819:Physician's Role; D011871:Radiology / Q000379:methods*