Should radiologists apologize to patients?

Many don’t after a missed reading, as they don’t have a relationship with the patient:

When the radiologist has performed his or her duties by interpreting the film, to whom is the radiologist professionally related? The patient? Or the physician who ordered the X-ray or other exam? And what if later it is found that the radiologist has made a mistake or missed a critical diagnosis..has, for example, made an interpretation which is regarded as a false negative.

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