Ethical considerations for clinical photography in the global south

Developing World Bioethics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 81-88

  MacIntosh, Tracy ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Clinical photography; Developing world; Global South; Medical publishing; Patient protection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; ETHICS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUNGER; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MALNUTRITION; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLICATION; VICTIM; WORKER;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CLINICAL TRIALS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDITORIAL POLICIES; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; MALNUTRITION; ORGANIZATIONS; PATENTS; PERIODICALS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIVACY; PUBLISHING; RELIEF WORK; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; STARVATION; TEACHING MATERIALS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 33645505357     PISSN: 14718731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8847.2006.00142.x     Document Type: Article

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