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Consent and privacy in telemedicine
S A Norton1, C E Lindborg, C B Delaplain
1Telemedicine Committee, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859.
Hawaii Medical Journal
|December 1, 1993
Abstract:
The electronic broadcast of a medical interview, or a video tele-consultation (VTC), challenges many of our traditional concepts of privacy and confidentiality. The nature of a doctor-patient relationship changes dramatically when the open airwaves carry the personal histories, images, and concerns of a patient. Discussions of telemedicine often allude to inherent ethical concerns yet there are no established guidelines for the ethical conduct of a VTC.