I don’t, but plenty of other medical bloggers do. Two physicians duke it out in a point/counterpoint.
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Surely this fits in with the problem of new things seeming more different than they are.
If blogging about patients in any way is unacceptable, then writing journal articles is likewise unacceptable, writing medical texts with clinical vignettes is unacceptable. I don’t think there is a tradition of getting patients’ permission to write about them – there is for photographs, but not the clinical information.
I do think you should take measures to not identify specific persons, and one has to be cautious about distorted, emotionally-charged, and potentially libelous or slanderous comments.
A tricky subject. When I mention events related to patients, I remove or change information that could readily identify the person. I feel this provides the proper balance. As for journal articles, some would argue those are adding to scientifc knowledge and that most require patient consent.
Dominic A. Carone, Ph.D.
Founder and Webmaster of MedFriendly.com and The MedFriendly blog.
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