title: Privacy, public health, and controlling medical information.
abstract: This paper argues that individuals do, in a sense, own or have exclusive claims to control their personal information and body parts. It begins by sketching several arguments that support presumptive claims to informational privacy, turning then to consider cases which illustrate when and how privacy may be overridden by public health concerns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophy, Information School, Program on Values, University of Washington, 390 Savery Hall, Box 353350, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. moore2@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Adam D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018594:Human Body; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management; D010067:Ownership; D011634:Public Health
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