title: Ethics in radiological practice: the story behind the image.
abstract: In an era when new technologies and demands for increased clinical productivity have rendered direct contact between radiologists and patients less frequent than ever, it is important for radiologists to pause from time to time and consider the relationship between radiologic images and the lives of the patients they depict.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 702 Barnhill Drive, Room 1053, Indianapolis, IN 46202-5200, USA.
authors.forename: Peter D
authors.initials: PD
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Richard B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Gunderman
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making / Q000941:ethics*; D005066:Euthanasia, Passive / Q000941:ethics*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010819:Physician's Role; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations / Q000941:ethics*; D011871:Radiology / Q000941:ethics*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States