December 2015
Intermediate to advanced
764 pages
33h 39m
English
Babette J. Neuberger, JD, MPH
Eric S. Swirsky, JD, MA
After completing this chapter, the reader should be able to:
Comprehend the evolution of public health informatics and the opportunities and challenges associated with establishing a national infrastructure for public health data.
Describe how the government uses private medical information in protecting the public’s health.
Apply ethical arguments germane to public uses of personal health data, and identify distinctions between public values and traditional clinical medical ethics.
Analyze the ethical dimensions of a proposed policy concerning government access to private medical information.
Participate more meaningfully ...