Most of our posts here deal with gadgets physicians or other medical professionals would use, but the NY Times published an article today about issues stemming from the patient or the family bringing cameras into the delivery room. Now, as anyone who was made to watch a video of a friend’s delivery during a party can attest, this isn’t a new phenomenon. However, since almost any device can record video now and it is almost more difficult not to post the video online, medical-legal considerations are leading some hospitals to restrict any and all recordings of live births. We’d be interested to know what our readers think. Do you let patients film you while you work?
NY Times: Rules on Cameras in Delivery Rooms Stir Passions…
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What If The Patient is The One With The Gadget (in The Delivery Room)?
February 2nd, 2011 
Dan Buckland Society