Abstract

FUNDORA SARRAFF, Teresa A et al. Ethics and radiological protection in nuclear medicine in hematology. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2014, vol.30, n.4, pp. 319-331. ISSN 0864-0289.

The increasingly width of the field of radioactive substances use in medicine demands the managing and the application of ethics principles in a very close relation to radiological protection. There is an unavoidable need to take ethics perspective in the use of ionizing radiations and the radiological protection of the patient to the practice of Nuclear Medicine in Hematology (NMH). This must not be assumed as a process of simple adoption, but as the creative application of his principles. It will be highly useful to continue including in the teaching programs aimed to professionals who use nuclear medicine as a diagnostic or therapeutic tool, a scientific formation based on the ethics principles including the elements of radiological protection. The multidisciplinary group dedicated to NMH has a moral and ethical responsibility to guarantee the appropriate use of radioactive substances in the medical technology and scientific development of this specialty. The following review on the subject wishes to contribute to the promotion of ethical principles in hematology specialists during their daily work. With the application of ethics in the context of NMH, we will also improve the radiological protection of our patients which will contribute to their best care and will increase the quality of our work.

Keywords : ionizing radiations; nuclear medicine; hematology; ethics; radiological protection.

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