Constitutional Right to Informational Health Privacy in Critical Condition
Year: 2011
Type: article
Abstract: Legal protections for health privacy depend on the person whose information is disclosed, the type of information disclosed, the individual or entity disclosing the information, the method of disclosure, the consequences of disclosure, the jurisdiction in which the disclosure takes place, and other factors. With so many variables, it is not surprising that protections for health privacy are inconsistent and inadequate. For more than three decades the federal courts seemed to recognize that governmental disclosures of an individual’s sensitive health information violated the Constitution. Two recent cases, however, have cast great doubt on the vitality of this asserted constitutional right.
Author: Mark A. Rothstein
Institution: University of Louisville
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2276728854