The X-Ray Laboratory Assistant `S Duty To Inform The Patients In Order To Get Informed Consent

Introduction : Nowadays, the X-ray laboratory assistant profession has a key role and it covers a large perimeter of the general medical activities. As a result, this leads to increase of the responsibility in professional decision-making; this requires a raising of standards for professional behavior and good knowledge, as well as for observation of the professional conduct rules along with the legal provisions regarding the patients’ rights. Aim: Research of the link between the professional conduct rules and the legal provisions regulating the patients’ rights, and more specifically research of the link between the rules that regulate the right to know and the informed consent related to the X-ray laboratory assistant`s activity. Materials and methods : Literature sources analysis and documentary methods were used. Results and discussion: The analysis results show that the ethical standards in the Professional Conduct for associated medical professionals in the healthcare of the Republic of Bulgaria, including the X-ray laboratory assistants, attain a significance of legal regulations with binding force which is affixed by claiming an administrative criminal liability under the Professional Organizations of Nurses, Midwives and Associated Medical Professionals Act. Summary and conclusions: The knowledge and observation of the professional conduct rules along with the legal provisions that regulate the right to know and the patients` informed consent, guarantee the ethical and legal practice of the X-ray laboratory assistant profession, as well as the high quality of the healthcare. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;} Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE