Only clinically qualified medical physicists should be allowed to work in hospitals to avoid dangerous errors
Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 21:01
in Health & Medicine
In a Comment linked to The Lancet Physics Series, Dr Ahmed Meghzifene (Division of Human Health, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, Austria) cautions that only physicists with the correct clinical training should be allowed to work in hospitals, in order to avoid dangerous and fatal mistakes. He adds that "much needs to be done to ensure full recognition of medical physics as a profession, especially in some regions of the world."