Thesis icon

Thesis

Reconfiguring privacy and confidentiality practices: a case study of technological integration in HIV health services

Abstract:

Changes to the technological landscape of the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK have often raised debates on information privacy and patient confidentiality. This has been especially pertinent in the context of HIV health services, where patient records have been historically segregated from hospital notes to protect confidentiality and account for the nature of the condition as a stigmatised terminal illness. However, as current anti-retroviral treatment extends life expectancy, HIV...

Expand abstract

Actions


Authors


More by this author
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
Role:
Author

Contributors

Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Supervisor
Division:
SSD
Department:
Oxford Internet Institute
Role:
Supervisor
Publication date:
2013
Type of award:
DPhil
Level of award:
Doctoral
Awarding institution:
Oxford University, UK
Language:
English
Keywords:
Subjects:
UUID:
uuid:265ff900-72cd-4ec7-bc95-8717d9640240
Local pid:
ora:7437
Deposit date:
2013-10-09

Terms of use


Views and Downloads






If you are the owner of this record, you can report an update to it here: Report update to this record

TO TOP