Description
Book SynopsisWhen 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.
Trade Review"With sound scholarship, and a clear, accessible writing style,
Privacy and the Past serves as a critical analysis, an important piece of advocacy, and a practical field guide." -- Scott Podolsky * director, Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine *
“'HIPPA' is a word historians have come to hate, and in this timely and provocative book, Susan Lawrence explains why. This book is a must read for anyone interested in promoting a more bottom-up, patient-centered view of the history of medicine, disease, and social welfare." -- Nancy Tomes * SUNY Distinguished Professor of History, Stony Brook University *
Table of Contents Acknowledgments1 Introduction: The Historians, the County and the Dead2 Research, Privacy and Federal Regulations3 Historians, the First Amendment and Invasion of Privacy4 Archivists at the Gates5 Managing Privacy: Historians at Work6 Conclusion: Resistance Notes Bibliography Index
