*CODE OF ETHICS FOR X-RAY TECHNOLOGISTS
GOOD PRACTICE
1. Conduct yourself in a professional manner, be
responsive to patients, and support peers in order to give
quality care.
ETHICS/PATIENTS
2. Advance the main objective of the profession: providing
care with respect for the dignity of mankind.
ETHICS/PATIENTS
3. Deliver care without regard to patient's personal
attributes, nature of the illness, sex, race, creed, religion,
or socioeconomic status.
GOOD PRACTICE
4. Base practice on sound theoretical concepts, use
equipment as intended apply procedures appropriately.
GOOD PRACTICE
5. Assess situations, exercising care, discretion, and
judgment; take respon- sibility for decisions; act in the
best interests of the patient.
GOOD PRACTICE/
6. Act as an agent, obtaining pertinent information from the
ETHICS
physician to aid in diagnosis and treatment management;
recognize that diagnosis and interpretation are outside
the scope of the profession.
GOOD PRACTICE/
7. Observe accepted standards of practice in using
PATIENT'S RIGHTS/
equipment and applying techniques. Limit radiation
MEMBERS
exposure to the patient, self, and colleagues.
ETHICS/PATIENT'S
8. Practice ethical conduct appropriate to the
RIGHTS
profession; protect the patient's right to quality care.
* This Code is paraphrased for brevity.
Figure 1-3. Code of Ethics
(2) Patient's rights. One of the tenets of the general moral code (in this
country) is that the recognition and observance of the patient's rights will contribute to
more efficient and better quality care, and greater patient satisfaction. Patients bring to
their medical care their own perspective of their best interests which should, at least, be
on an equal footing with the medical establishment's view of the patient's best interest.
Thus, the patient's bill of rights has evolved as an adjunct to professional codes.
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