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Social media menace?
Author(s) -
Fawcett Anne,
Baguley John
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inp.d1698
Subject(s) - medicine , social media , enterotomy , internet privacy , advertising , medical emergency , surgery , world wide web , business , computer science , laparotomy
A vet in general practice performs an enterotomy on a bulldog to remove a foreign body. The dog is presented to an emergency centre 24 hours later for wound dehiscence secondary to self trauma, which is treated successfully at cost to the client. A vet student completing extramural studies at the centre posts a photo of himself with the dog in recovery from anaesthesia on his Facebook page, with a caption, ‘Me with a dog recovering from a botched operation.’ The client, who is a Facebook ‘friend’ of the student, recognises her dog in the photo and demands a refund for the initial surgery because it was ‘botched’. Should the original vet provide a refund and what should happen to the student?