Engelsk titel: When confidentiality is replaced with information sharing
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Författare:
Eklöf, Motzi
Email: motzi.eklof@lnu.se
Språk: Swe
Antal referenser: 28
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 14117529
Sammanfattning
The right to personal integrity and privacy is enshrined in overarching laws and regulations. Ethical codes for physicians emphasize the importance of discretion and professional
confidentiality. The use of shared electronic medical records is developing into a system of direct access to extensive amounts of personal information without informed consent from
patients. Confidentiality-breaching provisions in the Swedish law allow, and require, an increasing number of obligations regarding registration and disclosure. IT systems are never
completely secure. The consequences of electronic medical records, in combination with legislation on a collision course with venerable ethical requirements, needs to be discussed in
a broader societal context.