8. Law
Published Online: 8 MAR 2011
DOI: 10.1002/9781444323917.ch8
Copyright © 2011 Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
Book Title
Personal Health Records: A Guide for Clinicians
Additional Information
How to Cite
Al-Ubaydli, M. (2011) Law, in Personal Health Records: A Guide for Clinicians, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444323917.ch8
Publication History
- Published Online: 8 MAR 2011
- Published Print: 30 APR 2011
ISBN Information
Print ISBN: 9781444332520
Online ISBN: 9781444323917
- Summary
- Chapter
- References
Keywords:
- laws, bindings setting men free - and humans trusting each other;
- law and building trust - building trust between a doctor and a patient;
- mindset, patient-friendly - patients, feeling their data not being misused, or a breach of their privacy;
- European Union's laws, and Data Protection Act - easy in understanding, hard to follow;
- legal framework, doing much with less control - patients, practical control of data;
- United States laws, federal legislators - sectoral approach, different laws for different sectors;
- rights mean responsibilities, and Data Protection Act - US Federal Trade Commission, tackling issues of appropriate consent;
- patients, to approach PHR companies with care;
- checklists, teaching patients - to be inquisitive, about a company's security and policy claims
Summary
This chapter contains sections titled:
Patients (will) own their data
Europe
USA
Rights mean responsibilities
References