For starters, not ordering a CT scan is more likely to have negative repercussions for the physician:
The cancer caused by a CT scan doesn’t generally show up for decades “” and there are all sorts of other intervening reasons why a patient would develop cancer “” so no one is too scared of getting sued for ordering a CT scan. Getting sued for not ordering one is more likely.
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