Videos, photographs, and patient consent

BMJ 1998;316:1009-1011 ( 28 March )

Education and debate

Videos, photographs, and patient consent

Catherine A Hood, Tony Hope, reader in medicine, ^a Phillip Dove, director. ^b

^a Ethox, Division of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Health Care Sciences, Headington, Oxford OX3 7LF, ^b Oxford Medical Illustration, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford

Correspondence to: Dr Hood

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A video showing real surgical operations was about to be sold through high street shops during the closing months of 1996.The BMA, GMC (General Medical Council), and the Institute of MedicalIllustrators were quick to condemn this commercial exploitationof sensitive and confidential material. Media coverage was generallycritical.¹ A temporary injunction stopped any sales of thevideo, and a subsequent court order permanently prevented itsdistribution. Although the film's producer claimed that the surgeonsconcerned had given their permission for the video footage tobe used, it emerged that many of the patients had not.

It is common practice to illustrate medical books with photographs of patients. In how many such cases have the patients givenvalid consent for publication? The advent of digital imaging hasallowed photographs and video recordings to be stored, accessed,and distributed around the world with ease. Consequently, thereis an increasing demand . . . [Full text of this article]

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