HEALTH INFORMATION, THE FAIR INFORMATION PRINCIPLES AND ETHICS

If advanced electronic patient records are construed as epistemic pati ent analogues in information space, then the traditional property-mode l of patient records is longer appropriate. A new paradigm is required . This paper suggests a new paradigm, examines its ethical implication s and explores ways in which these could be reflected in legal and reg ulatory mechanisms. Special attention is paid to privacy, security and access relative to the so-called ''fair information principles''.