
Digital Health Technologies
Law, Ethics, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
- 160 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Increasingly digital technologies are used in healthcare. This book explores eight digital health technologies, situated the context of a life span, from high-throughput genomic sequencing technologies and do-it-yourself (DIY) insulin delivery for diabetes management in paediatrics, to the use of robotic care assistants for older adults and digital advance care decisions.
A scene-setting case scenario at the start of each chapter describes the digital technology and identifies the sometimes competing interests of the key stakeholders. Broad themes of resource allocation, access to technologies, informed consent, privacy of health data and ethical concerns are considered in context, alongside analysis of legal duties owed by healthcare professionals to act in their patients' best interests.
This book addresses legal and ethical issues arising from the use of emerging digital health technologies and is of interest to academics, clinicians and regulators and anyone interested in the development of health technologies and the challenges they may present. It focusses on the Australian legal framework, with some comparison to other jurisdictions.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Endorsements
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Digital genomic sequencing: who should have access to genomic information?
- 3 Internet of Things and personalised medicine: DIY-ing diabetes management
- 4 Smartphone apps for mental health
- 5 AI in the diagnosis of health conditions
- 6 Symptom checker chatbots and informed consent
- 7 Telehealth: what has been learned through the COVID-19 pandemic?
- 8 Robotic care assistants and older adults
- 9 A new use for existing technology: digital advance care decisions
- Index