Overview
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)
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Front Matter
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Overview
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Legal Challenges
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LEGAL CHALLENGES
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Ethical Challenges
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ETHICAL CHALLENGES
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Governance Challenges
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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
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: eHealth: Legal, Ethical and Governance Challenges
Editors: Carlisle George, Diane Whitehouse, Penny Duquenoy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22474-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-22473-7Published: 25 July 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-44504-0Published: 09 August 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-22474-4Published: 25 July 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 396
Topics: Medical Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History, Health Informatics, Philosophy of Medicine, Public Health