Privacy and Medical Confidentiality in Healthcare : A Comparative Analysis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vansweevelt, T.

Contributor:

Glover-Thomas, Nicola.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

Global Perspectives on Medical Law Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confidential communications.

Health--Law and legislation.

Health.

Medical care--Law and legislation.

Medical care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (322 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023.

Summary:

This seminal book delivers an international examination of the duty of medical confidentiality and a patient's right to privacy in the face of contemporary threats such as cyber-security, patient autonomy, and the greater reliance on telemedicine post Covid-19 pandemic.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

1. Introduction: privacy and medical confidentiality in healthcare

2. Privacy and health in Belgium

3. Privacy and health in Canada

4. Privacy and health in Germany

5. Japanese law of privacy and health

6. Privacy and health in the Nordic countries

7. Data protection, privacy, and confidentiality in Qatar's health system

8. Privacy, medical confidentiality, and health in Tanzania

9. Patient confidentiality rules in South Africa: a legal and ethical perspective

10. Patient privacy and health information confidentiality in the United States of America

11. The obligation of medical confidence in the UK

12. Comparative conclusions: towards a global vision of privacy and medical confidentiality?

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Vansweevelt, Thierry Privacy and Medical Confidentiality in Healthcare

ISBN:

9781035309436