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RE: Med. Procedure Disclosure
Before receiving my Master's degree and working as an HP, I worked for 6
years as a Nuclear Medicine Technologist.
Our department's policy was to provide the trifold pamphlet to the patient
as he waited in the waiting room. When the patient was brought back to the
injecting or imaging room, more detailed information was provided orally
regarding the particular procedure. It was then that you could determine
how in-depth your information to that person needed to be. But every
department varies with the amount and technical level of information it
provides to the patient.
I have also undergone Radiology procedures and received very little
technical information but I asked questions until I was satisfied that I
understood everything. It is YOUR right as a patient to ask as many
questions as you wish and it is also YOUR right to refuse any medical
procedure. If you do not get the information you desire, it is up to you
to ask for a supervisor or to file a comment/complaint/suggestion with the
department head.
My opinion,
Christine
Christine Krieman, MS
Senior HP
Theragenics Corporation
KriemanC@theragenics.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Harold_Anagnostopoulos@illinova.com
[SMTP:Harold_Anagnostopoulos@illinova.com]
Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 4:29 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Re: Med. Procedure Disclosure
>>>This is exactly what we (Nuclear Medicine) do. We have available
to patients a simple trifold pamphlet that gives them some (albeit
simplified) information about the procedures.>>>
I have not seen such a pamphlet. I do not know anybody who has seen one.
As to earlier posts, I don't think "informed consent" equals an education
or
lecture in radiation science. If I have my gall-bladder removed, I expect
and do
get a discussion of what can happen and what to expect. When I got a dye
injection as part of a CAT scan, I got a briefing on the possible allergic
reactions to the dye. I got NO discussion of the effects/benefits/risks of
the
CAT scan. Both are diagnostic efforts.
Standard disclaimers.
Harry Anagnostopoulos, CHP
Harold_Anagnostopoulos@illinova.com
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