Ethics, Computing, and Medicine

Abstract

Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- 1 Bioethics and health informatics: an introduction -- A conceptual intersection -- What can bioethics do for health informatics? -- Areas of ethical importance in medical informatics -- Education in ethics and informatics -- Guide to the book -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Medical informatics and human values -- The computer revolution and computer ethics -- Computers or health professionals? -- Harm caused by medical computing -- Are there tasks computers should not perform? -- Future prospects -- Conclusion: Accentuate the positive -- References -- 3 Responsibility for computer-based decisions in health care -- Mechanical judgments and intelligent machines -- Harms and blame, goods and credit -- Procedures for analyzing harms -- Justice and utility -- References -- 4 Evaluating medical information systems: social contexts and ethical challenges -- Introduction and history -- Professional roles and practice patterns -- Professional relations -- Patients and patient care -- Advancing the science of system evaluation -- References -- 5 Health care information: access, confidentiality, and good practice -- Introduction -- The importance of privacy -- Moral foundations of medical confidentiality -- Computers and medical privacy -- Patients, providers, and payers -- Potential solutions -- References -- 6 Ethical challenges in the use of decision-support software in clinical practice -- Introduction -- Why and when to use an MDSS -- How to - and who should - use a decision-support system -- The professional-patient relationship -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Outcomes, futility, and health policy research -- Introduction -- Computing and prognosis -- Social utility of predictor models -- Practice guidelines -- Conclusion -- References