title: The ethical context of clinical photography.
abstract: The unforseen consequences of unconsented clinical photography when images are required for publication is an issue that affects medical practitioners and clinical photographers. This paper discusses, a scenario based on a typical event, the nature of informed consent and its relationship to ethical theory and the development of codes of practice. It includes a critique of ethical theory and describes mapping or codification of moral behaviour and the relationship to protocols or codes of practice, and concludes with a call to improve understanding and expertise in the study of ethics and its context in medical illustration.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Photography and Illustration, The Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BB, UK. ian.berle@bartsandthelondon.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Ian
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Berle
mesh_terms: D026690:Ethics, Clinical; D006801:Humans; D008488:Medical Illustration; D010781:Photography; D011642:Publications; D020458:Third-Party Consent