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Doctors already use phones to share clinical images of patients - legislation needs to catch up

  • Written by Adrian Dyer, Associate Professor, RMIT University
Images are so useful in medical diagnosis - but there are legal and ethical concerns about how they're used. from www.shutterstock.com

Imagine this scenario: you’re a recently graduated doctor working at a medical clinic in rural Australia. A person presents with a bite of what seems to be a poisonous spider - but you’re not sure. You...

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