Ethical considerations of telehealth: Access, inequity, trust, and overuse
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Published:2022-08-01
Issue:1
Volume:18
Page:
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ISSN:1551-4218
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Container-title:Journal of Health Ethics
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language:
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Short-container-title:JHE
Author:
O'Reilly-Jacob Monica,Vicini Andrea,Duggan Ashley
Abstract
In the U.S. healthcare system, telehealth is increasingly present and demands ethical assessment. On the one hand, telehealth increases access to healthcare services for some at-risk populations (e.g., people suffering from mental illness and addictions) and in specific contexts (e.g., rural). On the other hand, telehealth widens the digital divide and can lead to overuse of services. Furthermore, because it is still unclear how telehealth influences trust between patients and primary care clinicians, connecting relationship science and human communication research can inform critical reasoning. Finally, healthcare policy is advancing toward the wide adoption of telehealth. Hence, it is urgent to address these ethical issues and invest in further research.
Publisher
University of Southern Mississippi
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Health Policy,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Cited by
1 articles.
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