Advances in information technology have made it possible to be in line with health and ensure the safety of patient data, since capture to sharing. However, there are still issues that need to discuss, especially in the area of health, regarding patient autonomy, in its biopsychosocial and spiritual perspective. Thus, this study aimed to highlight and discuss the ethical and legal aspects of the publication of patient images, based on scientific health publications. It is an Integrative Review of Literature, which aims to summarize the data present in the empirical and theoretical literature to broaden the understanding of a particular phenomenon. Performed the search in the Virtual Health Library (BVS) and from the study criteria, six articles were included. The final sample of this review observed a few original studies on the ethical and legal aspects of the use of patient images by health professionals, published by researchers from the
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