SMARTPHONES AND WHATSAPP IN CONSULTATION: “BREACH of CONFIDENTIALITY” AS A TOPICAL ISSUE

Year 2017, Volume: 80 Issue: 2, 90 - 91, 30.06.2017

Deniz Özçeker Yasin Yılmaz Zeynep Tamay Nermin Güler

https://doi.org/10.18017/iuitfd.330097

Abstract

Keywords

Clinical ethics, confidentiality, smartphones in medical practice, public health ethics, technology and risks

KONSÜLTASYONDA AKILLI TELEFONLAR VE WHATSAPP: YENİ BİR GÜNDEM MESELESİ OLARAK HASTA MAHREMİYETİNİN İHLALİ

Abstract

Teknolojinin
tıp dünyası üzerindeki kaçınılmaz etkisi, tıbbi uygulama rutinlerini farklı bir
alana doğru çekmektedir: WhatsApp aracılığıyla sanal konsültasyon yeni bir
başlangıç olarak gözükmektedir.

Keywords

Klinik etik, hasta mahremiyeti, tıbbi uygulamada akıllı telefonlar, halk sağlığı etiği, teknoloji ve riskleri

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