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Ethics and information technology : a case-based approach to a health care system in transition /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson, James G.
Other Authors: Goodman, Kenneth W., 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer, [2002]
Series:Health informatics.
Subjects:
Medical Informatics.
Ethics, Medical.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: case studies in ethics and health informatics
  • The business of cyber health care
  • Case studies
  • Virtual house calls
  • Sale of body parts
  • Suicide on the web
  • Online medical records
  • Pharmaceutical products
  • Mental health services
  • Cyberchondriasis
  • Contents consumer health information: let the viewer beware (caveat viewor)
  • Case studies
  • Inaccurate information
  • Unverified health claims
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Privacy and confidentiality
  • Case studies
  • Breaches of security
  • Inappropriate use of health information
  • Secondary use of medical information
  • Data sharing
  • Rating physicians
  • Protection of patient's privacy
  • Hackers
  • Privacy online
  • The challenge of bioinformatics
  • Case studies
  • Issues in bioinformatics
  • Evaluation: an imperative to do no harm
  • Case studies
  • Failure of health information systems
  • Information systems that harm patients
  • Online challenges for human subjects research
  • Case studies
  • Clinical trials
  • The doctor-patient relationship
  • Research ethics.