PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bohdan Bybel AU - Michel Blais AU - Richard Vandierendonck AU - Albert A. Driedger TI - Radiation Safety When a Patient Dies After Therapy DP - 1998 Sep 01 TA - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology PG - 206--207 VI - 26 IP - 3 4099 - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/26/3/206.short 4100 - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/26/3/206.full SO - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1998 Sep 01; 26 AB - Objective: When a patient dies a short time after radionuclide therapy, several issues arise due to the shifting of responsibility from patient care to protection of the public, while respecting societal values and rites. Such a situation occurred in our institution after administering a large therapeutic dose of 131I for metastatic thyroid cancer. The requirements of safe practice, the shift of accountability, the ethical aspects and forthcoming changes in the regulatory constraints are discussed.