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Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients
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Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients: Contents
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Introduction
1-4
Scope of this guidance
5-7
Pathology slides
7
Principles
8-9
Recordings made as part of a patient's care, including investigation or treatment of a condition
10-21
Recordings for which separate consent is not required
10-12
Recordings for which specific consent is required
13-21
Consent to make recordings as part of the patient's care
13-14
Disclosure and use of recordings made as part of the patient's care
15-17
Adult patients who lack capacity - making recordings as part of care
18-19
Adult patients who lack capacity - disclosure and use of recordings made as part of care
20
Children or young people - making recordings as part of care
21
Recordings made for research, teaching, training and other healthcare-related purposes
22-35
Existing collections used for teaching and training
22-23
Adults with capacity - making recordings for secondary purposes
24-27
Adults with conditions that may impair capacity - making recordings for secondary purposes
28-30
Adults who lack capacity - making recordings for secondary purposes
31-33
Children or young people - making recordings for secondary purposes
34-35
Recordings for use in widely accessible public media (television, radio, internet, print)
36-46
Children or young people who lack capacity - recordings made for widely accessible public media
43-44
Adults who lack capacity - recordings for widely accessible public media
45-46
Deceased patients
47-53
Recordings made when the patient was alive
47-48
Post-mortems examinations
49-53
Making recordings covertly
54-55
Recording telephone calls
56
Storing and disposing of recordings
57-59
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Making and using visual and audio recordings of patients
Contents
Introduction
Scope of this guidance
Principles
Recordings made as part of a patient's care, including investigation or treatment of a condition
Recordings made for research, teaching, training and other healthcare-related purposes
Recordings for use in widely accessible public media (television, radio, internet, print)
Deceased patients
Making recordings covertly
Recording telephone calls
Storing and disposing of recordings
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Conflicts of interest
Consent guidance
End of life care
Maintaining boundaries
Research guidance
Leadership and management for all doctors (2012)
Personal beliefs and medical practice
Good practice in prescribing medicines (2008)
Good practice in prescribing and managing medicines and devices (2013)
Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety (2012)
Writing references (2012)
Reporting criminal and regulatory proceedings within and outside the UK
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