Radiography With the Patient in the Centre

The health care system is becoming more technological, and at the same time, it is verbalized that the patient should be in the center. The purpose of this study was to illucidate how radiography with the patient in the center is performed and what patients and radiographers understand about center in radiography. Qualitative methods was used; observations of three MR scans and interviews with three patients and three radiographers are discussed. In the description of an MR scan, it appeared that more elements are involved and that each element has a center of equal importance to complete the MR scan. Several of these elements have a technical focus. There are relations in an MR scan affecting which actions are included in the scan pathway. However, it is the radiographers who decide which actions to include. Patients and radiographers in this study agreed that center in radiography is about directing focus and attention to the patient. Problems arise when more elements in the MR scan have a technical focus demanding attention and action; the humanistic element can be included and centered but not be in the center.