[Medical electroradiology technicians: mediators in hospital care]

Abstract

Beyond simply carrying out the medical imaging procedure, radiology technicians have an ambivalent position in radiology departments: working both with the patient and with the doctor, they act as a link between these two entities which rarely, if ever, meet. This socioprofessional category is a keystone to medical imaging services, yet it receives little recognition and its crucial role is often overlooked. The exact delimitation of its functions within the hospital is often misunderstood.

Keywords: care; imagerie médicale; manipulateur en électroradiologie médicale; medical imaging; patient; radiologie; radiology; radiology technician; soin.