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Hope and trust in diagnostic imaging contexts - Constituting technology and liminal patients
Radiography (London, England : 1995)
|August 11, 2024
Summary
Patients undergoing diagnostic imaging, like Computed Tomography (CT) scans, experience existential implications, finding hope and trust in technology. This technological reliance helps them navigate cancer diagnosis and treatment, highlighting the need for patient-centered care.
Area of Science:
- Medical Sociology
- Philosophy of Technology
- Patient Experience Research
Background:
- Investigates patient experiences with diagnostic imaging examinations.
- Explores how human experiences are transformed by technological mediation in healthcare.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine the human-technology relationship during diagnostic imaging.
- To understand the existential implications of imaging examinations for cancer patients.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews and participant observation.
- Included 15 cases across Computed Tomography (CT)-guided lung biopsy, conventional CT, and Positron Emission Tomography CT examinations.
- Utilized Postphenomenology and anthropological healthcare studies for analysis.
Main Results:
- Diagnostic imaging technologies foster hope and trust, influencing patients' existential outlook.
- Patients exhibit 'technological readiness,' complying with procedures for favorable outcomes.
- Imaging examinations can be seen as a 'life crisis ritual,' positioning patients in a liminal state between health and sickness.
Conclusions:
- Existential implications of imaging include hope and trust, linked to cancer survival and being cancer-free.
- Hope is intertwined with avoiding despair and trusting technology, forming a self-reinforcing cycle.
- Healthcare professionals should acknowledge patients' unnoticed transformative and existential experiences for improved patient-centered care.
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