Wearing White Aprons at Work Place-a Metacognition from Medico-legal Point of View

Wearing a white apron during duty hours is a debatable issue. Whether white apron is considered uniform like uniform code of armed forces and Constitution demands its mandatory use or is it a violation of fundamental right of a physician? The effects of white aprons on patients’ feelings and on their perceptions about the doctor has been studied extensively by different scholars but few articles point towards the conflicts of opinions and lack of clarity in this subject. The question regarding use of white aprons in commercials is also a subject of debate. Thus this article is an attempt on the part of the authors to review the literature and search for a rational view.