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Entries from blog.bioethics.net tagged with 'privacy'
Hey! Who Wants to Share Google Health Records?
As reported on CNET, Google is now allowing its users of its online health record service, Google Health, to share their health records with each other. Google has said, according to CNET, this sharing function was created in response to the need of friends and family members to have access... (read the rest)
Health Privacy Exists No Matter Who You Are
According to a recent New York Times article, "health privacy isn't an issue when you are a legend." The article, discussing the recent health disclosures, rumormongering, and volatile stock prices at Apple, due to Steve Jobs' health claims that privacy isn't a luxury that Mr. Jobs can have when he... (read the rest)
Doctors Flee from Epidemic
In the latest issue of the American Journal of Bioethics, Malm et al. address the question of whether physicians have a duty to treat during a public health emergency or whether the duty to heal ends where the epidemic beings. However, if people began to have the RFID tags implanted... (read the rest)
Unintended consequences from GINA?
Many have hailed the passage of the Genetic Information Nondescrimination Act as a major policy advance. And while there are certainly people who will benefit from the protections included in the law, Emory's Ani B. Satz argues in the Atlanta Journal Constitution that many will also lose out because of... (read the rest)
Stray genetic material and expectations of privacy
Popular Mechanics recently ranked what are, in its opinion, the 10 most prophetic sci-fi movies ever. Number 1? The genetics-focused drama Gattaca. As the mag notes, "The technology on display in the movie is still years away, but the central message—that genetic oppression can become institutionalized before anyone notices—is... (read the rest)
Surgery is not photojournalism
To go in for surgery is to become vulnerable. We're put under anesthesia and, in some cases, literally opened up for others to see. But we trust that the professionals involved have our best interests at heart and whatever might be revealed about us will be kept confidential. Alas, sometimes... (read the rest)
Forget the carrot, here's the stick
Back in August Art wrote about company health plans that offer discounts for healthy behavior. He criticized the idea for being an invasion of privacy and added: The emerging movement toward corporate health fascism is no friend to the chubby and wheezy among us. But, if allowed, corporate health policing... (read the rest)
Peeking at George Clooney
So apparently George Clooney was in a motorcycle accident recently (it was news to us, too) and he and his companion were taken to a northern New Jersey hospital for treatment. Well, it seems that the state of Clooney's rib (world's sexiest rib?) is quite a juicy piece of info... (read the rest)
How much is your personal health data worth?
The short answer: about $12.50. The longer answer: This month Hearst, an old-school media company, bought Real Age, a web company, for what's reported to be about $100 million. You might recognize Real Age from the ads it's plastered all over the web (even sometimes here through Google ads) prompting... (read the rest)
Following up: databases, presidential health and robots
Here are a few updates and extensions to recent posts on blog.bioethics.net: Caught in the database Every week seems to bring a new story about someone getting caught, found out or otherwise tagged unexpectantly by geographic databases. The NY Post reported recently that a carpentry supervisor for the NYC... (read the rest)
The bullseye on Bush
It came out earlier this month that President Bush was treated a year ago for what looked like a case of Lyme disease*. This information only came to light recently as part of the president's annual physical -- and it was a bit of a footnote. The low-key manner... (read the rest)
Caught in the database
The AP recently reported on how E-ZPass, the electronic toll collection system on the East Coast, is being used to catch cheating spouses. One divorce lawyer quoted by AP couldn't resist a play on the name: "E-ZPass is an E-ZPass to go directly to divorce court, because it's an easy... (read the rest)
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