consent for publication

When authors fail to obtain explicit consent to publish an individual’s personal details (e.g. for case histories)

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  1. A case of child abuse

    10-02 Child abuse is a common but underdiagnosed problem in our country. The abuse ranges from minor injury to severe head trauma. The true incidence of intentional head injury in children remains uncertain. ...

  2. Pedigree descriptions: genotyping results for family members

    09-17 We received a paper which describes genotyping results from a large number of individuals (>50) from five unrelated families, in which family members had various blood and liver conditions. On submission we noted that the paper ...

  3. Confidentiality and consent in case reports

    08-22 We would appreciate COPE Forum’s advice with regard to consent and confidentiality in the publication of case histories. ...

  4. Fabricated illness: a case that cannot be published under current guidance

    08-06 A preschool boy had a biopsy to confirm a condition from which he subsequently made a complete recovery. Later, he and his younger brother were reported by their female carer to have developed a possible recurrence and this looked ...

  5. Consent to publication for case details, and potential for journal violation of patient anonymity

    08-04 We received a paper reporting on the outcomes of treatment of an individual with obsessive–compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder, which seemed not to respond to standard treatment. Following ethical review and approval, ...

  6. Short case reports without formal consent

    08-02 A manuscript was submitted about prenatal diagnosis of a specific cardiac disease. Short case reports of four babies who died were included. Although there are no names, we believe that there are sufficient details about the ...

  7. Confidentiality and privacy issue

    07-13 A manuscript was submitted from UK authors. The study was a case series of infants with a particular condition. A table in the manuscript contains descriptive data which are critically important for the readers with respect to ...

  8. Lack of patient consent for a case report, patient confidentiality

    07-10 A case report was submitted to journal X reporting on a child who had been admitted to hospital suffering an injury, which the doctors suspected resulted from a deliberate cigarette burn. This was not proved until the child ...

  9. Ethics approval for audit 2

    06-16 A group in a developed country performed an audit of pregnancy and its outcome in a group of 250 women with congenital heart disease. There were four maternal deaths of women in the series. It was decided to write up the audit. The ...

  10. Patient consent

    06-01 The journal received a case report for a patient presenting with a particular syndrome in which patients give approximate answers to simple questions. This syndrome has been considered as a dissociative condition but others have ...

  11. Case report and consent

    04-27 A journal provisionally accepted a case report. When requested, the authors could not identify patients to obtain their signed consent. The authors offered to anonymise the data, but the journal was inclined to decline. - What ...

  12. Interpretation of regulations: when is a waiver of authorisation acceptable?

    04-25 Some authors tested the effect of a food on the menstrual cycle. The manuscript included patient identifiable information, but the authors did not provide formal confirmation that the patients consented to publication of the study. ...