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Need for eHealth Ethics




AuthorsMinna M. Rantanen, Juhani Naskali, Jani Koskinen

EditorsHongxiu Li, Ágústa Pálsdóttir, Roland Trill, Reima Suomi, Yevgeniya Amelina

Conference nameInternational Conference on Well-Being in the Information Society

Publication year2018

JournalCommunications in Computer and Information Science

Book title Well-Being in the Information Society. Fighting Inequalities

Series titleCommunications in Computer and Information Science

Volume907

First page 221

Last page232

ISBN978-3-319-97930-4

eISBN978-3-319-97931-1

ISSN1865-0929

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97931-1_18

Web address https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-97931-1_18

Self-archived copy’s web addresshttps://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/34272200


Abstract

The healthcare is an area where ethics has justifiably gained a central position, and this fact has acted as a safeguard for people and society. However, the increasing use of information technology has brought forth new kind of situations that the traditional medical ethics approach has not faced before. There is need for a new approach of eHealth ethics that covers the needs for modern healthcare to ensure that the ethicality will be ensured today and future likewise. We argue that a fruitful approach for this is the synthesis of traditional medical ethics and IS-ethics. In this article we look the four principles of medical ethics together with IS-ethics approaches by Moor and Brey to see what kind of values should be protected and what are the needs for justified use of information technology in healthcare.


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