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  1. The decline of medical confidentiality medical information management: The illusion of patient choice.Ingrid Ann Whiteman - 2015 - Clinical Ethics 10 (3):47-58.
    It is reasonable to consider and trust that information taken from us about our medical health and history will be protected by rules on confidentiality and consent. Apart from very rare cases, perhaps of major public interest or for public health reasons, this information will not be shared with others without our consent. However, both a number of reforms in National Health Service patient data management policy (now enshrined in legislation) and developments in the general law on privacy challenge this (...)
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  • Fallacy or Functionality: Law and Policy of Patient Treatment Choice in the NHS.Maria K. Sheppard - 2016 - Health Care Analysis 24 (4):279-300.
    It has been claimed that beneath the government rhetoric of patient choice, no real choice exists either in law or in National Health Service policy. Thus, choice is considered to be a fallacy in that patients are not able to demand specific treatment, but are only able to express preferences amongst the available options. This article argues that, rather than considering choice only in terms of patient autonomy or consumer rights, choice ought to be seen as serving other functions: Choice (...)
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