'It is just part of life': patient perspectives and experiences of diagnostic imaging referrals.

Autor: Makanjee CR; Department of Medical Radiation Science, University of Canberra, ACT 2617, Australia; and Corresponding author. Email: chandra.makanjee@canberra.edu.au., Xu D; Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia., Sarswat D; South East Radiology, Nowra, NSW 2541, Australia., Bergh AM; Research Centre for Maternal, Fetal, Newborn and Child Health Care Strategies, University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Australian journal of primary health [Aust J Prim Health] 2020 Dec; Vol. 26 (6), pp. 507-513.
DOI: 10.1071/PY20146
Abstrakt: Referral for a medical imaging examination is an integral part of the medical consultation; however, not much is known about patients' experience of these referrals. The life-world experiences and perspectives of patients as 'persons' referred for an imaging investigation are explored through the lens of person-centred and whole-person care. Individual interviews were conducted with 22 patients referred for an imaging investigation. The findings were interpreted in terms of the journey of a patient; that is, the processes the patient undergoes as a person in the course of a referral for a diagnostic imaging investigation as part of the disease and its treatment. Participants' life and health journeys are described in terms of three themes: (1) events leading to an imaging examination; (2) the imaging referral experience embedded within the medical encounter; and (3) the integration of the findings of the imaging examination into their everyday life. Health practitioners should be mindful of the complexity of medical consultations that include a referral for an imaging investigation.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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