Ethical and legal challenges for health telematics in a global world: Telehealth and the technological imperative

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Kluge, Eike Henner W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consent; Ethics; Informatics; Liability; Outsourcing; Privacy; Telehealth

Indexed keywords

CONSENT; ETHICS; INFORMATICS; LIABILITY; PRIVACY; TELEHEALTH;

HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MEDICAL COMPUTING; OUTSOURCING; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS;

HEALTH;

ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEHEALTH;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; TECHNOLOGY; TELEMEDICINE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78751705820     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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