Apollo Peter Bamusonighe, Paul Lukiza

Medical Photography Practices

A case study of graduates at Makerere University College of Health Sciences

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Photography has penetrated most aspects of our lives. In the sciences photography has been embraced due to its ability to illustrate and communicate conditions, concepts and/or procedures accurately. Medical photography also known as biomedical, biological or clinical photography is a specialized genre of photography concerned with taking scientific photos. These pictures are mainly used for record/documentation, education/training, and medico-legal purposes. This book provides an overview on what medical photography entails, and an insight into photography practices in a medical setting. Included in this book are findings from a case study among graduate students of Makerere University College of Health Sciences. The findings suggested that majority are exposed to medical photography. As a unique genre of photography, there is need to identify common habits and formulate procedures to regulate and/or make improvements in this area of documentation.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 56
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm
• ISBN-13: 9786200283139
• ISBN-10: 6200283133
• Artikelnr.: 57737796

Autorenporträt

Bamusonighe, Apollo Peter
Apollo Peter Bamusonighe studied MSc Medical Illustration at Makerere University with special interest in medical photography. Paul Lukiza holds a MSc Medical Illustration and he is the chair of the department of Medical Illustration Makerere. Both authors have written and published articles in peer reviewed journals mainly on medical photography.