Ethical, legal, and social issues in medical informatics

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Duquenoy, Penny., George, Carlisle., Kimppa, Kai.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2008.
• Subjects: 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.; Advanced decision support systems; Applied ethics and ICT-systems in healthcare; Cyber medicine; Electronic healthcare information; Electronic social record; Ethics in medical informatics; Implications of telemedicine; Internet doctors; Medical informatics; Online medical consultations; Privacy/security in healthcare; Responsibility in electronic health; Telemedicine; Trust and clinical information systems
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: electronic texts (xix, 299 p. : ill. (some col.)) : digital files.; Also available in print.
• Format: Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781599047829 (PDF)
• Access: Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.

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.