Ethics, computing, and medicine : informatics and the transformation of health care / edited by Kenneth W. Goodman. - Cambridge ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998. - x, 180 p. ; 24 cm.

Contents
1. Bioethics and health informatics: an introduction Kenneth W. Goodman;
2. Medical informatics and human values Terrell Ward Bynum and John L. Fodor;
3. Responsibility for computer-based decisions in health care John W. Snapper;
4. Evaluating medical information systems: social contexts and ethical challenges James G. Anderson and Carolyn E. Aydin;
5. Health care information: access, confidentiality and good practice Sheri Alpert;
6. Ethical challenges in the use of decision-support software in clinical practice Randolph A. Miller and Kenneth W. Goodman;
7. Outcomes, futility, and health policy research Kenneth W. Goodman;
8. Meta-analysis: conceptual, ethical, and policy issues Kenneth W. Goodman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0521464862 (hardbound) 9780521464862 0521469058 (pbk.)

97010265


Medicine--Data processing--Moral and ethical aspects.

R858 / .E84 1998

174.2 / ETH