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Ethical, legal, and social issues in medical informatics

Duquenoy, Penny.

Ethical, legal, and social issues in medical informatics

Duquenoy, Penny.

9781599047829

Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.

electronic texts (xix, 299 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.

1. Online medical consultations : legal, ethical, and social perspectives / Carlisle George, Penny Duquenoy -- 2. Applied ethics and ICT-systems in healthcare / Göran Collste -- 3. Trust and clinical information systems / Rania Shibl, Kay Fielden, Andy Bissett, Den Pain -- 4. Values of an electronic social record / Karin Hedström -- 5. Are agency and responsibility still solely ascribable to humans? : the case of medical decision support systems / Hannah H. Gröndahl -- 6. Responsibility in electronic health : what muddles the picture? / Janne Lahtiranta, Kai. K. Kimppa -- 7. Compliance and creativity in grid computing / Anthony E. Solomonide -- 8. Clinical safety and quality management in health IT / Benedict Stanberry -- 9. The impact of information technology in healthcare privacy / Maria Yin Ling Fung, John Paynter -- 10. Compiling medical data into national medical databases : legitimate practice or data protection concern? / Boéstjan Beréciéc, Carlisle George -- 11. Biometrics, human body, and medicine : a controversial history / Emilio Mordini -- 12. Prospects for thought communication : brain to machine and brain to brain / Kevin Warwick, Daniela Cerqui.

Presents a fundamental compendium of research on the ethical, social, and legal issues facing the healthcare industry as it adopts information technologies to provide fast, efficient, and cost effective healthcare. An essential resource for every reference library, this comprehensive book offers a multidisciplinary perspective, drawing from the expertise of a wide variety of global industries including law, ethics, medicine, philosophy, and computer science.

Medical informatics -- Moral and ethical aspects.

Medical informatics -- Law and legislation.

Medical informatics -- Social aspects.

Medical Informatics -- ethics.

Access to Information -- ethics.

Confidentiality.

Medical Informatics -- legislation & jurisprudence.

Medical Records Systems, Computerized -- organization & administration.

Social Responsibility.

Duquenoy, Penny.

George, Carlisle.

Kimppa, Kai.

IGI Global.

Chapter PDFs via platform: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/978-1-59904-780-5