Privacy and the Right to Information Act, 2005.
Indian J Med Ethics
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2008 Oct-Dec; 5(4): 158-61
Article
Dans Anglais
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-53305
ABSTRACT
Privacy is a key component of individual autonomy, and a voluminous literature has established both its practical value in healthcare contexts and its status as a fundamental, but not absolute ethical right. Because the Right to Information Act (2005) permits citizens to gain information under government control, it might be thought to threaten the privacy of patients and research subjects, especially those in government institutions. It is important for clinicians, administrators, information officers, patients, and research subjects to understand that the RTI Act generally does not require or permit disclosure of personal health information to third parties. Only under unusual circumstances when the larger public interest is properly certified to warrant it, would information shared or created within the fiduciary relationships of clinical care or research be required to be disclosed. Against this background concerning the right to privacy and the RTI Act, we consider a 2007 legal case that used the RTI Act to expose patient information of a public official and argue that the "public interest" claimed in this case did not justify disclosure of the official's private health information. We conclude that the provisions of the RTI Act, when properly interpreted, are compatible with the important value of safeguarding patient privacy.
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Disponible
Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Humains
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Confidentialité
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Vie privée
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Inde
Type d'étude:
Étude pronostique
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Indian J Med Ethics
Thème du journal:
Ethics
Année:
2008
Type:
Article
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