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Instagram In the ER?

  • Writer: anwilner
    anwilner
  • Jun 12, 2019
  • 1 min read

What do you do when you're treating a patient in the ER and the patient's family member takes a picture of you and posts it to Instagram? Is that ethical? Is it even legal?


Dr. Ronald Pies, a psychiatrist, and I discuss the social and medical implications of this curiously modern event in this article, "Does anyone care about physicians' privacy?" just posted on Medscape. Your reactions are welcomed!

 
 
 

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