Title :
Information and medical ethics: protecting patient privacy
Author_Institution :
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
As medical records become electronic, pieces of everyone´s health history will reside in public and private computer repositories. The paper discusses issues of medical ethics, including the protection of patient privacy
Keywords :
data privacy; medical information systems; professional aspects; security of data; social aspects of automation; computer repositories; data security; health history; medical ethics; medical information system; medical records; patient privacy; Costs; Ethics; Hospitals; Information technology; Legislation; Medical services; Privacy; Proposals; Protection; Telecommunications;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
