Lawyers guide to medical photography

Medical Photography is an important service to those involved in the area of personal injury and medical negligence. The digital camera has made access to record photography simple and apart from the capital outlay, free.

It is important as legal professionals never to underestimate the value, to both your business and your clients, of professional medical photography.

Maybe it's skilled lighting or an understanding of the underlying anatomy or just the technical photographic competence.

Your client may be anxious and sensitive about their disfigurement. Is it really appropriate for them to be undressed and photographed in a non clinical environment?

The professional Medical Photographer provides privacy, dignity and is used to dealing with sensitive and embarrassing situations.

By employing a clinical professional you are treating your client, ethically and with respect ensuring they are not subjected to unnecessary embarrassment.

I'm sure you have an opinion on the will writing services that have sprung up in recent years; we are told that competition is healthy and that there is plenty of work to go round, but is it all competently handled?

Similarly, digital cameras now mean everyone is a photographer and no matter what your professional expertise you probably have an photographic application in your work, in fact many solicitors routinely take photographs of their personal injury clients.

Many of these images are adequate and fulfil their requirements, however, sometimes that little bit extra knowledge from a qualified clinical photographer could make the difference in how an injury is illustrated.

If your client deserves the best possible representation they should benefit from professional photographs that have been taken independently, with appropriate accreditation and show their injuries to the very best standards of photography and ethical behaviour.