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Privacy or public good? Why not obtaining consent may be best practice
Author(s) -
Stanley Fiona
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
significance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1740-9713
pISSN - 1740-9705
DOI - 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2010.00423.x
Subject(s) - taboo , confidentiality , duty , informed consent , internet privacy , information privacy , law , patient privacy , the right to privacy , psychology , political science , business , medicine , computer science , alternative medicine , human rights , health care , pathology
Using medical and other data from private citizens without obtaining the consent of those citizens has been a taboo of statisticians and of society. The right to privacy is infringed; the right to confidentiality is abused. Here Fiona Stanley argues that, far from being unethical, using data without consent may be morally justified, and not using it may be a failure of duty.