Ethical, legal and professional issues arising from social media coverage by UK Helicopter Emergency Medical Services

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 57-60

  Steele, Sarah ^a   Adcock, Christopher ^b   Steel, Alistair ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AIR MEDICAL TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED KINGDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROCEDURES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR; TRENDS; UTILIZATION;

AIR AMBULANCES; CHARITIES; CONFIDENTIALITY; FUND RAISING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SOCIAL MEDIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84951751168     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2014-204048     Document Type: Article

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