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Guidance

Filming in Medical Emergencies

• Introduction
• Principles
• Filming Patients
• Filming people in hospital waiting rooms
• Negotiating access with hospitals and emergency services

Introduction

This guidance applies to observational filming of medical and other emergencies for inclusion in programmes following the work of hospitals or the emergency services. In this context, the people we would like to film are not, in the first instance, considered capable of giving informed consent, by reason of their medical incapacity, traumatic shock or distress. For ease of reference, we call these people “patients”. This guidance is not intended to cover all conceivable scenarios; further advice may be sought from Editorial Policy.

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