A Medical Ghost in the e-Health Machine

6 Pages Posted: 19 Aug 2008

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Nicolas Terry

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Date Written: August 15, 2004

Abstract

This essay seeks to contextualize e-health for the health law teacher. First, the history of e-health illustrates the way that health care in the United States has devalued patient expectations and access to care while over-investing in processes and technologies that serve the few. Second, e-health provides a rich source of examples revealing the transformation of health law away from an increasingly marginalized doctrine rooted in professional and personal paradigms. Third, e-health provides a disruptive model, particularly in its most recent iterations, that can be used to shake out otherwise dormant issues of law and policy.

Keywords: ehealth, law and technology, health law, healthcare policy

Suggested Citation

Terry, Nicolas P., A Medical Ghost in the e-Health Machine (August 15, 2004). Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine, Vol. 14, 2004, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1230191

Nicolas P. Terry (Contact Author)

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law ( email )

530 W. New York St
Indianapolis, IN 46202
United States

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