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eHealth: Legal, Ethical and Governance Challenges

  • Provides a comprehensive coverage of legal, ethical and governance eHealth challenges

  • Takes an international approach with contributors from Europe, North America and Australia

  • Includes recommendations for good practice and potential ways ahead to address eHealth challenges

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Overview

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
  3. OVERVIEW

    1. Assessing Legal, Ethical and Governance Challenges in eHealth

      • Carlisle George, Diane Whitehouse, Penny Duquenoy
      Pages 3-22
  4. Legal Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
  5. Ethical Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 181-181
  6. Governance Challenges

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
  7. GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES

    1. IT Governance in Healthcare Institutions

      • Magdalene Rosenmöller
      Pages 329-348

About this book

This publication identifies and discusses important challenges affecting eHealth in the EU and North America in the three areas of law, ethics and governance. It makes meaningful contributions to the eHealth discourse by suggesting solutions and making recommendations for good practice and potential ways forward. Legal challenges discussed include issues related to electronic medical records, telemedicine, the Internet and pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare information systems and medical liability. Ethical challenges focus on telehealth and service delivery in the home, Web 2.0 and the Internet, patient perceptions and ethical frameworks. Governance challenges focus on IT governance in healthcare, governance and decision-making in acute care hospitals, and different models of eHealth governance. The publication provides useful support materials and readings for persons active in developing current understandings of the legal, ethical and governance challenges involved in the eHealth context.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“This book presents both the obvious and less expected legal, ethical, and policy challenges of eHealth recommendations. … The target audience includes healthcare professionals, scholars, and policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic, but the book would be particularly useful for readers interested in European Union eHealth issues. … Each chapter is detailed and rigorously researched and provides numerous citations and supplemental reading suggestions. This is an impressive work in its depth, breadth, and detail.” (Tyler S. Gibb, Doody's Book Reviews, March, 2013)

Editors and Affiliations

  • , School of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom

    Carlisle George, Penny Duquenoy

  • The Castlegate Consultancy, Malton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

    Diane Whitehouse

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eBook USD 129.00
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  • Read on any device
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  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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