Dear Bloggers,
I am wondering if we can be more discerning in posting photographs of injured Haitians. They are NOT generally volunteering to be photographed. I don't exactly know what our protocol should be, but just extend the same courtesy and consideration that you would expect for a family member.
Sincerely,
Ghetto Intellectual
Update 1: Puerto Rican doctors face possible sanctions for alledged violation of informed consent protocol. Doctors upload and share photos of Haiti earthquake disaster patients on Facebook.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Puerto Rican medical doctors who appeared on Facebook posing with guns and Haitian earthquake victims are under investigation for possible ethics violations, the U.S. territory's health secretary said Saturday. One was expelled from his political party for unstatesmanlike behavior.
Ethical guidelines prohibit taking pictures of operations or patients unless they serve an academic or medical purpose, said Health Secretary Lorenzo Gonzalez.
"My main concern is the transmission of a picture of a patient not knowing whether there was an attempt for informed consent," said Gonzalez, who noted that he is collaborating with the Puerto Rican Association of Physicians and Surgeons in the investigation.
Read entire story @ Yahoo
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