Introduction: informed consent to a medical procedure is the right of every patient, with which the provider of health services obtains his legal consent to perform it. Before the patient signs or give consent, pacient must receive precise information from the healthcare provider about the purpose and method of performing the intervention and possible risks. The patient's informed consent must be voluntary. Purpose: The purpose of diploma work is to present the importance of patient consent to radiological procedures and based on a systematic review of the literature, to determine whether patients want to be informed, what information they expect before procedure, what they know about radiological procedures and what consent to a contrast agent procedure is like. Methods: In diploma work we used a descriptive method with a systematic review of the literature. The data that we used were obtained based on the study of professional and scientific articles and research in the field of consent to radiological intervention. Based on the reviewed literature, we then answered three research questions. We obtained the literature from various databases, mostly in foreign data. We were looking for the literature in the period between October 2022 and March 2023.b Results: In the results, we presented essential findings of scientific and professional artickles and researches that are included in the diploma work. We have found that, before starting a radiological examination, patients want to be informed about the amount of ionising radiation dose and the associated cancer risks, in addition to general information about the purpose, need and course of the procedure. Most radiological engineers give the patient only some general information about the procedure, as they believe that information about the amount of dose received and the risks involved often causes the patient unnecessary fear and discourages them from having the radiological procedure. Discussion and conclusion: In Slovenia, there are no studies on patient consent to radiological interventions, which could be compared with foreign literature to see how informed patients are before radiological interventions and how radiological engineers in Slovenia perform this role. Nevertheless, the thesis objectives were achieved, as we identified the key information for the patient.
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