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Contesting Medical Confidentiality: Origins of the Debate in the United States, Britain, and Germany
Andreas-Holger Maehle
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Description for Contesting Medical Confidentiality: Origins of the Debate in the United States, Britain, and Germany
Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DFG; 1KBB; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 284 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy. In this age of health databases and increasing connectedness, however, the confidentiality of patient information is rapidly becoming a concern at the forefront of worldwide ethical and political debate. In Contesting Medical Confidentiality, Andreas-Holger Maehle travels back to the origins of this increasingly relevant issue. He offers the first comparative analysis of professional and public debates on medical confidentiality in the United States, Britain, and Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when traditional ... Read more
Medical confidentiality is an essential cornerstone of effective public health systems, and for centuries societies have struggled to maintain the illusion of absolute privacy. In this age of health databases and increasing connectedness, however, the confidentiality of patient information is rapidly becoming a concern at the forefront of worldwide ethical and political debate. In Contesting Medical Confidentiality, Andreas-Holger Maehle travels back to the origins of this increasingly relevant issue. He offers the first comparative analysis of professional and public debates on medical confidentiality in the United States, Britain, and Germany during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when traditional ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226404820
SKU
V9780226404820
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About Andreas-Holger Maehle
Andreas-Holger Maehle is professor of history of medicine and medical ethics at Durham University, in England.
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