Ethics and Information Technology

A Case-Based Approach to a Health Care System in Transition
2002
ISBN: 978-0-387-95308-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1150 g

Reihe: Health Informatics

This book presents 130 case studies illustrating ethical and social issues that arise from the increasing use of computers in medicine, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, and the allied health professions including threats to privacy and confidentiality, misuse of clinical and genetic information, risks to patients of bias and discrimination, etc. Appendices address ethical standards for Websites and the Internet, and the principles for offering Internet health services to consumers, and the quality assessment of Internet health information.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodman, Kenneth

Anderson, James G.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Mathematik & Informatik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Case Studies in Ethics and Health Informatics.- The Business of Cyber Health Care.- Consumer Health Information: Let the Viewer Beware (Caveat Viewor).- Privacy and Confidentiality.- The Challenge of Bioinformatics.- Evaluation: An Imperative to Do No Harm.- Online Challenges for Human Subjects Research.