Dentistry

at a Glance

Elizabeth Kay

Multiple Choice: Chapter 3 Patient confidentiality

Question 1.A patient allows you to take series of digital photographs of their teeth. In which one of the following situations is a further specific permission from the patient NOT then required for subsequent use of these same images?

A Lending the images to a professional colleague for them to use in a lecture they are due to give in the patient's home town
B Lending the images to a professional colleague for them to use in a lecture they are due to give at an international conference being held overseas
C Allowing access to these images by a dental hygienist who sees the patient within your own practice
D Re-use of one or more of the images on your practice website
E Use of the image in a scientific article to be published within a professional journal