Referring Patients for Suspected Colorectal Cancer: Common reasons for litigation Failure to refer a patient with high-risk large bowel symptoms and s
{"Image DocumentName": "Referring Patients for Suspected Colorectal Cancer: Common reasons for litigation", "Image ImageDescription": "Failure to refer a patient with high-risk large bowel symptoms and so provide inappropriate reassurance. Failure to do a rectal examination in a patient who subsequently proves to have a rectal cancer. In the event that a practitioner has decided upon urgent referral to a specialist , a rectal examination is not necessary. In the case of a \u2018watch and see \u2018 policy, better to do a rectal examination since the majority of expert witnesses tend to be of the \u2018old school\u2019 !! Defence based on \u2018lack of causative consequences\u2019 Demonstration of disseminated disease which would therefore not effect prognosis.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}