{"id":147759,"date":"2018-06-28T15:54:01","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/patients-criticised-for-rating-gps-looks-on-social-media\/"},"modified":"2018-06-28T15:54:01","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T15:54:01","slug":"patients-criticised-for-rating-gps-looks-on-social-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/patients-criticised-for-rating-gps-looks-on-social-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Patients criticised for rating GPs’ looks on social media"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Patients have been criticised for taking photos and videos of doctors and then asking people online to rate how attractive they find them.<\/p>\n

Social media posts of doctors are being shared without their consent, the British Medical Association's annual meeting heard.<\/p>\n

Such posts "violate" their privacy, the meeting in Brighton was told. <\/p>\n

Delegates voted in favour of a motion condemning patients for sharing private appointment recordings online. <\/p>\n

'Insidious'<\/h2>\n

Dr Zoe Greaves, a trainee GP who proposed the motion, said in most cases patients who posted photos and videos of their doctors without consent were doing so for baby scans or a child's first GP appointment.<\/p>\n

But some posts were "far more insidious", she said, like those rating doctors on their attractiveness, as well as recordings of "terrible" GP appointments.<\/p>\n

Dr Greaves said that friends who are doctors had found themselves the subject of posts on Twitter asking people to judge their looks. <\/p>\n

"And for each of these, private consultations are opened up to public comment and critique, and the individual's privacy is undermined," she said.<\/p>\n

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Image caption Many posts shared without consent are of things like a baby's first appointment with a doctor <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Patients are allowed to record consultations for medical purposes to help them remember or understand what was discussed.<\/p>\n

Dr Greaves said this could be a "valuable aide memoir" but she added that "there must be recognised responsibilities alongside that right".<\/p>\n

Dr John Chisholm, chairman of the BMA's medical ethics committee, told the meeting that doctors could take legal action to seek to prevent or remove publication.<\/p>\n

But he said in practice this would be difficult to pursue in UK courts.<\/p>\n

The meeting's delegates, in passing the motion, called on the BMA "to lobby for sanctions against patients who breach their doctor's privacy".<\/p>\n

A BMA spokeswoman said patients should seek the consent of doctors before making a recording.<\/p>\n

"Should a patient publish audio or video recordings without consent, they may be at risk of unlawfully misusing the doctor's private information.<\/p>\n

"Greater support and legal protection should therefore be afforded to doctors given the significant difficulties that they may face in trying to prevent publication or remove published material." <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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