Description |
x, 180 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. Bioethics and health informatics: an introduction / Kenneth W. Goodman -- 2. Medical informatics and human values / Terrell Ward Bynum and John L. Fodor -- 3. Responsibility for computer-based decisions in health care / John W. Snapper -- 4. Evaluating medical information systems: social contexts and ethical challenges / James G. Anderson and Carolyn E. Aydin -- 5. Health care information: access, confidentiality, and good practice / Sheri A. Alpert -- 6. Ethical challenges in the use of decision-support software in clinical practice / Randolph A. Miller and Kenneth W. Goodman -- 7. Outcomes, futility, and health policy research / Kenneth W. Goodman -- 8. Meta-analysis: conceptual, ethical, and policy issues / Kenneth W. Goodman |
Summary |
As those in medicine increasingly depend on computers and other intelligent machines, the intersection of ethics, computing and the health professions grows much more complex and significant. This book attempts to systematically identify and address the full range of ethical issues that arise when intelligent machines are used in medicine, nursing, psychology, and allied health professions. It explores a variety of important issues, including ethics and evaluation in computational medicine; patient and provider confidentiality; responsibility for use of computers in medicine; appropriate use of decision support systems; outcomes research and computational prognosis (including mortality predictions); and computer-based biomedical research--especially meta-analysis. It is accessible to professionals and students in the fields of bioethics and medical informatics |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Medical informatics.
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Medical telematics.
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Medicine -- Data processing -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Communication.
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Computers.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Ethics, Professional.
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Information Systems.
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Medical Informatics.
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Ethics.
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Author |
Goodman, Kenneth W., 1954- editor of compilation
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LC no. |
97010265 |
ISBN |
0521464862 (hardbound) |
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0521469058 (paperback) |
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