title: Photographing the patient with burns for medical documentation.
abstract: Photographs of a burn injury provide an objective description of the patient's disease course and may be important in the medicolegal documentation of child abuse or other criminal and civil actions. Accurate and reproducible photographs require careful composition and choice of equipment. Standardized clinical positioning is described with recommendations for timing of serial photographs.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield 62794-9230.
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Smoot
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Higgs
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns; D004282:Documentation; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D008499:Medical Records; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors