Should a Doctor Tell?: The Evolution of Medical Confidentiality in Britain

ISBN-13: 9780367601102 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 256 str.

Angus H. Ferguson

Opis

Medical confidentiality has long been recognised as a core element of medical ethics, with areas currently under debate including the use of patient-identifiable data in research, information sharing across public services, and the implications of advances in genetics. Bringing fresh insights to oft-cited cases and demonstrating a better understand

Recenzje

’Discussions of confidentiality are common in medical law and ethics. As a historian Angus Ferguson has a detached approach and highlights its broader social context. His perspective brings fresh insights into the claims of confidentiality when these are weighed against the needs of research, public safety and efficiency.’ Robin Downie, University of Glasgow, UK 'Ferguson’s study, in elucidating the historical power struggles between medical and legal authority over sensitive patient information, makes an insightful contribution to these ongoing discussions.' Bulletin of the History of Medicine

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Should A Doctor Tell?

O autorze

Dr Angus H. Ferguson is Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Fellow in Social Science at the University of Glasgow. His research interests are in the areas of the History of the Interaction of Law and Medicine, the History of Ethics, and the History of Infant Health.