Abstract
A medical photograph can transfer more information to a health professional than subjective descriptions, which are open to misinterpretation. For the best photographic results, a medical photographer should be used. However, in small hospitals, or in the community, this is not always practicable, therefore nurses should have some knowledge of the most appropriate equipment to use, and know the techniques to employ to attain consistent results. Consistency is one of the most important aspects of medical photography as it allows for comparisons between photographic images over time.
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A Guide to Medical Photography
the Book Edited by Peter Hansell
Director of Audiovisual Services,
Westminster Hospital School and
Institute of Ophthalmology,
University of London
1979 MTP Press Limited
Table of contents (12 chapters)
About this book
The entire practice of medical photography and medical The text has wisely been shorn of details that are to be illustration as we know it today may be said to have been found in general photographic textbooks. Instead it leads pioneered over the last quarter of a century. During this the reader to consider in broad terms not only the special span much progress has been made in the establishment techniques peculiar to the subject, but also to accept of standards, qualifications and codes of practice in one lessons that are available for the taking from other estab country or another, but by virtue of the compact nature of lished spheres of photography. It attempts to be an in the specialty few authoritative texts on the subject have tensely practical book and at all times the would-be emerged. practitioner is encouraged to experiment with the object This entirely new collective work, coming in the first in of developing his own techniques and general approach stance from Europe in translation, but containing addi to the subject. All this is reinforced by a wealth of specially tional contributions from the United Kingdom and the prepared diagrams to illustrate set-ups and lighting tech United States of America, must be welcome in these niques as well as carefully posed examples of a variety of changing times to those embarking on medical photog clinical material, mostly in full colour.
Contents
The photography of patients
Dietmar Hund
Ophthalmic photography: a survey
Phillip Hendrickson
Photography in otolaryngology
Per-G. Lundquist
Gastro-intestinal photo-endoscopy
Rainer Dammermann
Photography in the operating theatre
Dietmar Hund
Specimen photography
Charles Häberlin
The photography of instruments
Dietmar Hund
Copying radiographs
Bruno Arnold
Reproduction of graphic originals
Dietmar Hund
The design of slides for teaching purposes
Marcus P. Nester
Ethical considerations
Patricia M. Turnbull
Bibliography