Privacy and the Past: Research, Law, Archives, Ethics

by Susan C. Lawrence

Book Overview

When the new HIPAA privacy rules regarding the release of health information took effect, medical historians suddenly faced a raft of new ethical and legal challenges-even in cases where their subjects had died years, or even a century, earlier. In Privacy and the Past, medical historian Susan C. Lawrence explores the impact of these new privacy rules, offering insight into what historians should do when they research, write about, and name...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813574366
• ISBN13: 9780813574363
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary