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Rural Health and Radiology: Health and Ethical Implications for Rural Citizens

Meyers, Emily Breanne
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ne2gs1619525106309102

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2021, Master of Arts in Medical Ethics and Humanities, Northeast Ohio Medical University, College of Graduate Studies.
Twenty percent of American citizens reside in a rural community and are, as a result, subject to a large healthcare disadvantage (U.S. Census Bureau, 2012). This paper outlines the current research detailing distinctions of rural communities from others, adverse health outcomes associated with rural status, the current state of rural healthcare access, with an emphasis on lack of radiology care and the ethical implications these imaging services have on rural patient populations. A mixed methods survey study was conducted, demonstrating the concerns among family medicine physicians and radiologists regarding their patients’ ability to obtain necessary radiology services, including lack of insurance and ability to pay for services; lack of local access to care and subsequent travel barriers; and collaborative efforts between physician specialties. Current enacted solutions include point of care imaging, mobile diagnostic units, teleradiology, RAD-AID efforts and increasing awareness. However, access to services, as evidenced by survey results, remains a concern for many. Addressing these issues requires the need for further detailed research, delving into many of the concerns detailed by a small population of surveyed physicians, along with increasing advocacy and recruitment efforts to increase specialized medicine access for rural communities.
Julie Aultman (Advisor)
Marcus Julius (Advisor)
Brian Harrell (Advisor)
Ethics; Medical Ethics; Medicine
rural health; radiology; ethics

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  • Meyers, E. B. (2021). Rural Health and Radiology: Health and Ethical Implications for Rural Citizens [Master's thesis, Northeast Ohio Medical University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ne2gs1619525106309102

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Meyers, Emily. Rural Health and Radiology: Health and Ethical Implications for Rural Citizens. 2021. Northeast Ohio Medical University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ne2gs1619525106309102.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Meyers, Emily. "Rural Health and Radiology: Health and Ethical Implications for Rural Citizens." Master's thesis, Northeast Ohio Medical University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ne2gs1619525106309102

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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