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Ethics for Radiation Medicine Professionals
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Scenario 1:
Your institution has an error reporting system and
a policy that says you must report errors. However, you’ve
reported errors before and nothing has ever changed.
Furthermore, there has never been any feedback. Do you
continue to report errors?
Scenario 2:
An error was made and a patient was underdosed
by 2%. Do you tell the patient and/or their family?
Exercise
Which of the four possible courses of action for each scenario
represents a values based approach?