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Báo cáo y học: "Journal of Medical Case Reports' policy on consent for publication"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Journal of Medical Case Reports' policy on consent for publication. | Kidd and Hrynaszkiewicz Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4 173 http www.jmedicalcasereports.eom content 4 1 173 JOURNALOF.MEDICAL CASE REPORTS EDITORIAL Open Access Journal of Medical Case Reports policy on consent for publication Michael R Kidd 1 2 and Iain Hrynaszkiewicz3 Journal of Medical Case Reports was launched with the aim of increasing the publication of case reports in the medical literature because accurate reports of clinical experience are an essential part of the continued development of modern medicine 1 . All the journal s content is highly visible as it is available freely by online open access and indexed in a number of bibliographic databases. With transparency comes responsibility and we are therefore revising our policy on obtaining consent to publish from the people described in case reports published in the journal to further enhance the protection of privacy. The practice of obtaining informed consent from people who participate in research has long been established obtaining informed consent to publish information about individuals is a more recent but increasingly accepted concept which has been embraced by our journal. An individual s right to privacy is ingrained in the laws of numerous countries and protection of information obtained as part of the clinician-patient relationship is an essential part of many of the codes of ethics and professional conduct followed by clinicians researchers journal editors and publishers around the world 2-4 . The relevant privacy legislation in the United Kingdom where Journal of Medical Case Reports is published is the Data Protection Act 5 . A key consideration as to whether the Act applies to published articles is whether the data being presented are personal or not. If published information is anonymous to the extent that the individual concerned or anyone who knows them cannot identify themselves from the published article then the Act does not apply. The Act does also not apply to deceased .