A female patient is scheduled for lumbar spine series. The radiographer is asked to go to another room for some

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accident victims. She tells you everything is ready to go. You go ahead and perform the x-rays. It is revealed that the woman is pregant and in the first trimester. Obviously an injustice has been done and may result in a lawsuit.
Was the injustice done active or passive? Is there a moral difference? What can be learned from this sceanario?