ABSTRACT
Introduction This chapter addresses the terrible medical error that occurred in January 2006 at the Beatson Oncology Centre (BOC) in Scotland and that unfortunately lead to the death of a teenage girl. In France, the repercussions of similar incidents at the Épinal hospital are returning to the forefront of current affairs, with in particular the submission of a joint report from the French administration (General Inspectorate of Social Affairs, IGAS) and the scientific support of the Ministry of Industry for radiological protection and nuclear safety IRSN. However, unlike Great Britain, France unfortunately does not have a tradition of making this type of report public very quickly. For the analysis of the Scottish case, though, we do have an excellent and very detailed report freely accessible on the Internet.
