Fair question, and to be fair: yes, a clinical photo can be ethical. Medical journals publish them every day. But consent plus a clever angle is only part of it. The usual tests:
1. Consent can't be presumed. Presumed consent may cover emergency treatment, never publication. The person posting has to be able to show documented consent. Nobody has to prove its absence.
@DocTankTops https://t.co/b5F9zykNrU to your question: a good angle solves point 4 at most. Whether it's ethical depends on the rest. Meet all of these and it's permissible. Miss one and consent alone doesn't cover it.
Hope it helps.
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@DocTankTops 10.Public trust. Every casual post teaches people that their bodies might end up online, which can make patients less open with doctors. The harm goes beyond one patient.
https://t.co/vQYyxICJI3 changes it again. If the account earns from the post, consent to share for education doesn't cover commercial use, and profiting from your own patient's body is a conflict of interest. That's why most medical codes bar using patient images for personal gain.
@DocTankTops 5. Storage matters. A personal phone auto-syncs to cloud backups, keeps metadata, and stays with you after you leave the job. That's why many hospitals require approved devices or apps.
@DocTankTops 4. "No face" isn't the same as anonymous. Tattoos, scars, jewellery, wristbands, monitor screens, room details, or a rare condition posted by a doctor whose hospital is known can identify someone to their family or neighbours.
@DocTankTops 3. Posting is permanent. Screenshots and reposts make withdrawing consent mostly theoretical, so consent to something irreversible needs a higher bar.
2. Consent must be valid. Informed, ideally written, and specifically for public social media (not just "for records"). Sedated, unconscious, confused or underage patients can't give it at all. And consent asked by your own treating doctor mid-care is rarely fully free. Most patients don't feel able to say no.
Fair question, and to be fair: yes, a clinical photo can be ethical. Medical journals publish them every day. But consent plus a clever angle is only part of it. The usual tests:
1. Consent can't be presumed. Presumed consent may cover emergency treatment, never publication. The person posting has to be able to show documented consent. Nobody has to prove its absence.
@GopeshKhetan I think she is going through a lot . Everyone makes mistakes. The best thing for her to do right now is acknowledge her mistake. Post a public apology, take down the pictures. Let go of the ego . Its not worth fighting in x . Who knows she might become a good doctor in future.
@DocTankTops@Peroneal_ Well , allow me to educate you.
Firstly the picture is taken unblurred on a personal phone which is a serious privacy issues. Is that reason enough for you.
If no , then i can't help you buddy.
@DocTankTops@Peroneal_ Well , allow me to educate you.
Firstly the picture is taken unblurred on a personal phone which is a serious privacy issues. Is that reason enough for you.
If no , then i can't help you buddy.
โNone of this is about ending your career. Itโs about patients, including newborns, who couldnโt speak for themselves. Engaging with those concerns would do far more for you than attacking the person who raised them. Everyone makes mistakes, but itโs important to reflect on them. Iโve been in your shoes before
@Lap_surgeon Dr BL Bairwa she doesn't understand what she did was wrong and trying to justify.
PATIENT PHOTOS ON A PERSONAL PHONE
Photos for personal social media come from a personal phone, not a secure hospital system. Even if you blur or delete what you posted, the unblurred originals stay on the phone and often in a cloud backup, where a lost phone, a shared account or a hack can expose them. For patients in a labour room or neonatal unit, that's a serious risk.