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Communication about radiation risks in civil protection from the perspective of ethics
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Žaneta
The present thesis examines the ethical perspective of communicating radiation risks in civil protection. The objective was to determine to what extent and how ethical principles are considered in communicating radiation risks in civil protection. The theoretical part of the thesis apply information to ionising radiation, radiation risks, and the principles and means of radiation protection. It also describes the communication and ethical principles and practices in communication and radiation protection are described therein. The scope of this part of the thesis includes the protection of the population in emergencies. The practical part of the thesis focuses on public awareness of radiation risks and whether ethical principles are used in communicating them. A quantitative research method, namely a questionnaire survey involving 142 respondents, was used to analyse the goals and objectives of the practical part of the thesis. The questionnaire was distributed electronically to residents living near a nuclear facility or in the emergency plan zone of a nuclear power plant. The research results are presented as graphs. The evaluation of the questionnaire results has revealed that the level of public awareness of radiation risks is acceptable. The results also indicate that ethical principles are applied in the communication process. However, some of the respondents found the questions on ethics difficult, possibly due to their lack of knowledge in this area. Nevertheless, they were helpful for the research.
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Communication about radiation risks in medicine from the perspective of ethics
KAFKOVÁ, Monika
The diploma thesis deals with communication about radiation risks in medicine from the perspective of ethics. The aim of this work is to evaluate the quality of communication about radiation risks in medicine. Furthermore, it finds out what level of knowledge of ethical bases of communication radiology assistants and patients have. The work consists of a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part provides information about ionizing radiation, history of radiology, X-rays. Furthermore, the effects of radiation, principles and methods of radiation protection are described, as well as medical exposure, ethics in the radiation protection system and process ethical values. In the practical part, a survey was conducted focusing on communication about radiation risks in medicine from the point of view of ethics. Questionnaires were distributed to radiodiagnostic departments of selected hospitals. A sample of respondents consisted of 60 radiological assistants and 150 patients. The results of the questionnaire survey are processed into graphs. Based on the evaluation of all questionnaires, most patients are informed about radiation risks depending on the type of examination. Informed consent and verbal expression are among the most common ways of education about radiation risks. The results also show that a large proportion of respondents has not addressed any ethical issues in this context yet, and most radiology assistants have not even received any training in health ethics. Especially among patients, ignorance of some ethical concepts was an obstacle to completing certain questions in the questionnaire.
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