A sonographer has many on the job responsibilities, some legally required and others which are ethical in nature and are only really required in so far as it makes the sonographer better at their job. The legal requirements provide a regulated barrier for both patient and sonographer. The ethical requirements give a framework for good standard of care so that there may be a working relationship between imaging professional and patient. Thus both are extremely important and necessary for the success of the sonographer.
The legal requirements of a sonographer provide a barrier by maintaining safety, privacy, and autonomy of a patient. Furthermore, they also protect the sonographer in that if the sonographer follows these requirements to the …show more content…
Obviously, it is difficult to discriminate in hiring based on what ethnic group you need but making sure the organization works to have a diverse workforce can help a community feel as though the facility really cares about understanding their patients.
Lastly, financial problems are a limiting factor for many patients. Having financial counseling available in any facility can help with the anxiety level of patients who are more concerned about what the treatment is costing them than what health benefits it is bringing. Coupling financial counseling with social workers is also a big issue as many underprivileged populations have difficulty asking for financial help.
So, In addition to our legal obligations, we must also be aware of where the patients we treat are coming from, not just geographically, but socioeconomically so that healthcare may be accessible to all those who need it.
This is where our ethical values come into play. We must strive to enter into a collegial or covenantal ethical model with our patients. (Cook Young pg. 10) Without empathy for the patient, and what their reality is, we form no relationship with them. Without a relationship to our patient we are closing all kinds of doors that the patient needs to open to access proper …show more content…
During my three years working in Oncology at Seattle Children’s we had maybe four-five cases where the parents of a cancer patient refused chemotherapy or interventional treatment to seek naturopathic care. They were fully informed with all the information we had on chemotherapy or surgery and what that would do to their child’s body. They also were informed that we could not give chemotherapy during naturopathic care because there is not enough scientific literature on the side effects of a patient having both naturopathic treatment and chemotherapy. Lastly, we would give them the statistical information we had on naturopathic care and the survival rate of children with cancer with that care, which was very low as we understood it. Personally, many of the oncology doctors did not believe naturopathic medication made any difference in curing any cancers, but they all did a spectacular job of respecting each and every one of these families wishes. Once the families were given all the information, the doctors would give the family a plan for care, should they choose to come back to us, and were given all the contact information for our clinic. There was no bias should this patient come back to us, since ultimately it was the family and the child’s choice and we as a hospital absolutely respected that first. We all worried about
The legal requirements of a sonographer provide a barrier by maintaining safety, privacy, and autonomy of a patient. Furthermore, they also protect the sonographer in that if the sonographer follows these requirements to the …show more content…
Obviously, it is difficult to discriminate in hiring based on what ethnic group you need but making sure the organization works to have a diverse workforce can help a community feel as though the facility really cares about understanding their patients.
Lastly, financial problems are a limiting factor for many patients. Having financial counseling available in any facility can help with the anxiety level of patients who are more concerned about what the treatment is costing them than what health benefits it is bringing. Coupling financial counseling with social workers is also a big issue as many underprivileged populations have difficulty asking for financial help.
So, In addition to our legal obligations, we must also be aware of where the patients we treat are coming from, not just geographically, but socioeconomically so that healthcare may be accessible to all those who need it.
This is where our ethical values come into play. We must strive to enter into a collegial or covenantal ethical model with our patients. (Cook Young pg. 10) Without empathy for the patient, and what their reality is, we form no relationship with them. Without a relationship to our patient we are closing all kinds of doors that the patient needs to open to access proper …show more content…
During my three years working in Oncology at Seattle Children’s we had maybe four-five cases where the parents of a cancer patient refused chemotherapy or interventional treatment to seek naturopathic care. They were fully informed with all the information we had on chemotherapy or surgery and what that would do to their child’s body. They also were informed that we could not give chemotherapy during naturopathic care because there is not enough scientific literature on the side effects of a patient having both naturopathic treatment and chemotherapy. Lastly, we would give them the statistical information we had on naturopathic care and the survival rate of children with cancer with that care, which was very low as we understood it. Personally, many of the oncology doctors did not believe naturopathic medication made any difference in curing any cancers, but they all did a spectacular job of respecting each and every one of these families wishes. Once the families were given all the information, the doctors would give the family a plan for care, should they choose to come back to us, and were given all the contact information for our clinic. There was no bias should this patient come back to us, since ultimately it was the family and the child’s choice and we as a hospital absolutely respected that first. We all worried about