Abstract
Journal of Medical Case Reports' policy on consent for publication.
Highlights
Journal of Medical Case Reports was launched with the aim of increasing the publication of case reports in the medical literature, because accurate reports of clinical experience are an essential part of the continued development of modern medicine [1]
We have required that authors obtain signed consent for publication for all case reports submitted to the journal, except for rare examples where authors have been able to demonstrate that the person and/or their of kin are deceased or impossible to trace
We recognize that it is not always possible to obtain consent. Where people and their families are non-traceable, deceased, or both, we have provided criteria for publication without consent, which includes ensuring case reports are anonymous
Summary
Journal of Medical Case Reports was launched with the aim of increasing the publication of case reports in the medical literature, because accurate reports of clinical experience are an essential part of the continued development of modern medicine [1]. An individual's right to privacy is ingrained in the laws of numerous countries, and protection of information obtained as part of the clinician-patient relationship is an essential part of many of the codes of ethics and professional conduct followed by clinicians, researchers, journal editors and publishers around the world [2,3,4]. The relevant privacy legislation in the United Kingdom, where Journal of Medical Case Reports is published, is the Data Protection Act [5].
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