A moral approach to electronic patient records
Date
2001-01-01
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Journal ISSN
ISSN
1464-5238
Volume Title
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Type
Article
Peer reviewed
Abstract
Description
This paper seeks to establish a morally appropriate balance between the various moral standards that are in tension in the field of Electronic Patient Records. It was the first academic paper to address this sensitive ICT application from a moral philosophy perspective. The paper is founded on the invited submission by the authors to the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies in its compilation of Opinion 13 - Ethical Issues of Healthcare in The Information Society. The opinion has subsequently influenced European regulation and policy regarding health informatics and associated personal health data.
Keywords
RAE 2008, UoA 23 Computer Science and Informatics, Medical records, Physician and patient, Informed consent (Law), Moral and ethical aspects
Citation
Rogerson, S. and Fairweather, N. B. (2001) A moral approach to electronic patient records. Medical Informatics and the Internet in Medicine, 26(3), pp. 219-234.
Rights
Research Institute
Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility (CCSR)