Creating person-al space for unspoken voices during diagnostic medical imaging examinations: a qualitative study.

Background: There is emerging interest in person-centred care within a short-lived yet complex medical imaging encounter. This study explored this event from the viewpoint of patients referred for an imaging examination, with a focus on the person and their person-al space.

Methods: We used convenience sampling to conduct semi-structured interviews with 21 patients in a private medical imaging practice in Australia.

'It is just part of life': patient perspectives and experiences of diagnostic imaging referrals.

Referral for a medical imaging examination is an integral part of the medical consultation; however, not much is known about patients' experience of these referrals. The life-world experiences and perspectives of patients as 'persons' referred for an imaging investigation are explored through the lens of person-centred and whole-person care. Individual interviews were conducted with 22 patients referred for an imaging investigation.