Investigating the Image Rights of Patients in Iranian Law and the Extent to which it is Observed in the Publication of Images of Covid-19 Patients in National Media News (Case Study of News Section 14 of One TV)

With the outbreak of Covid-19 disease and the spread of health communication, attention to the image rights of patients in media information became particularly important. This right has been exercised in the news of 14 channels of 1 national media.

In the present study, in the first step, it has been done by descriptive-analytical method and in a library by referring to documents, books and articles, and in the second step by quantitative content analysis method and by collecting data through coding texts. Video, the extent of violation of the image right has been investigated in the news of 14 channels of One TV.Ethical Considerations: In all stages of writing the present study, while respecting the originality of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness have been observed.

Although patients 'image rights are recognized in the law of the country and medical documents and executive guarantees are defined for it, but based on the results of T-test, the average observance of patients' image rights in Quid-19 in news section 14 with a significant level ( Sig = 0.002) is less than the test level (0.05).

According to the law of the country, filming of patients in hospitals and its publication must be with the permission of the patient and the head of the hospital and violation of this right will lead to disciplinary, criminal and civil liability. It showed that in a total of one year of broadcasting news related to Corona, in insert images, 45% and in news interviews, 38%, the patients' image rights in this news section have been violated.Please cite this article as:Mohammadi HR, Naseri Moghaddam H. Investigating the Image Rights of Patients in Iranian Law and the Extent to which it is Observed in the Publication of Images of Covid-19 Patients in National Media News (Case Study of News Section 14 of One TV). Medical Law Journal. 2022; 16(57): e43.