Ethics, Computing, and Medicine: Informatics and the Transformation of Health Care - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521469058 ISBN 13: 9780521469050

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1997

Synopsis

As those in medicine increasingly depend on computers and other intelligent machines, the intersection of ethics, computing and the health professions grows much more complex and significant. This book attempts to systematically identify and address the full range of ethical issues that arise when intelligent machines are used in medicine, nursing, psychology, and allied health professions. It explores a variety of important issues, including ethics and evaluation in computational medicine; patient and provider confidentiality; responsibility for use of computers in medicine; appropriate use of decision support systems; outcomes research and computational prognosis (including mortality predictions); and computer-based biomedical research--especially meta-analysis. It is accessible to professionals and students in the fields of bioethics and medical informatics.

About this title

Book Description:

As those in medicine increasingly depend on computers and other intelligent machines, the intersection of ethics, computing and the health professions grows much more complex and significant. This book attempts to systematically identify and address the full range of ethical issues that arise when intelligent machines are used in medicine, nursing, psychology, and allied health professions. It is appropriate for professionals and students in the fields of bioethics and medical informatics.

Review:

"This collection promises, and delivers, a much needed introduction to issues arising from the use of computers in various areas of medicine and medical research. Its strength is in its diversity in the issues it raises, rather than an attempt at their resolution...useful and welcome for what it presents." Doody's Review Service ®

"An excellent resource." Booklist

"The entire volume has considerable strengths, with compelling essays...Ken Goodman should be credited with ensuring that the highest standards in conceptual approaches to the topic and in overall rhetorical style are maintained...well conceived and well written...Goodman himself is a writer of considerable power and persuasion...a timely and important contribution to the literature about medical ethics, health care policy, and information technology." Phillip V. Davis, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521469058
• ISBN 13: 9780521469050
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 196
• Editor: Goodman Kenneth W.