Ethical Questions in Medical Electronic Adherence Monitoring

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 338-342

  Campbell, Jeffrey I ^a   Eyal, Nir ^b   Musiimenta, Angella ^c   Haberer, Jessica E ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

confidentiality; electronic adherence monitoring; patient adherence; personal autonomy; privacy; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC ADHERENCE MONITOR; ELECTRONIC ADHERENCE MONITORING; FREEDOM; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONITOR; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRUST; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ETHICS;

CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIVACY;

EID: 84941350513     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-015-3502-4     Document Type: Article

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