| Alternatives for protecting privacy while respecting patient care and public health needs. | |
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PMID: 16986224 Owner: KIE Status: MEDLINE |
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This paper begins with a discussion of the value of privacy, especially for medical records in an age of advancing technology. I then examine three alternative approaches to protection of medical records: reliance on governmental guidelines, the use of corporate self-regulation, and my own third hybrid view on how to maintain a presumption in favor of privacy with respect to medical information, safeguarding privacy as vigorously and comprehensively as possible, without sacrificing the benefits of new information technology in medicine. None of the three models I examine are unproblematic, yet it is crucial to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of these alternative approaches. |
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Authors:
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J W DeCew |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Ethics and information technology Volume: 1 ISSN: 1388-1957 ISO Abbreviation: Ethics Inf Technol Publication Date: 1999 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-09-20 Completed Date: 2006-09-25 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101248311 Medline TA: Ethics Inf Technol Country: Netherlands |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 249-55 Citation Subset: E |
Affiliation:
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Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA. |
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Access to Information Databases, Factual European Union Federal Government Germany Government Regulation Guidelines as Topic Humans Informed Consent Internet Medical Records Medical Records Systems, Computerized / legislation & jurisprudence, standards* Models, Organizational Negotiating Privacy* / legislation & jurisprudence Private Sector Public Policy Security Measures* Social Control, Informal Sweden United States |
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