Person-Centred Care in Radiology (Medical Imaging in Practice)

This edited book focuses on the application of patient care within the three specialisms: diagnostic radiography (including fluoroscopy, computed tomography, breast imaging, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance imaging), radiotherapy and oncology, and nuclear medicine and molecular imaging.

Person-Centred Care in Radiology: International Perspectives on High-Quality Care draws from recent publications and clinical expertise, supported with this trend of technological advances and how they are supposed to enhance patient care. The chapters seek to uncover the role and behavior of radiographers. This will be supported with chapters on a key aspect, which will impact both radiographers and patients, vis-à-vis advancing technology. These chapters include topics such as artificial intelligence, image acquisition, coincided with topics surrounding ethics. The edited volume includes contributions from the United States, Canada, the UK and Australasia to bring together for the first time those at the forefront of this growing field in medical imaging.

This book may be used to influence policymaking decisions and thus influence how healthcare delivery is offered in an ever-evolving imaging environment. In short, this text bridges the gap between what is advocated in the literature, with experience, as observed in practice. The targeted audience for this book is multifaceted. It will primarily be a book that facilitates undergraduate radiography students worldwide. It will offer a useful tool for academics delivering undergraduate (pre-registration) radiography programs.

This book will act as a ‘primer’ for undergraduate students, but importantly ‘signpost’ to other key texts within the field. Further, academics will find this text useful as it aims to enrich scholarly learning, teaching and assessment to healthcare programs nationally and internationally.

Shayne Chau is currently working as a Senior Lecturer at Charles Sturt University and an adjunct Senior Lecturer at University of Exeter, UK and University of Canberra, Australia.

Emma Hyde is an Associate Professor in Diagnostic Imaging at the University of Derby, UK.

Karen Knapp is an Associate Professor in Musculoskeletal Imaging and Head of the Department of Health and Care Professions in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at the University of Exeter, UK.

Christopher Hayre is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Exeter, UK and Senior Fellow for the School of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Suffolk, UK.