Would you like all of your personal and / or medical information to be accessible to millions of people? Whether you like it or not this is what has been occurring. Hospital Information Technology is rapidly advancing providing the production of new technologies for patient medical information. This advancement and accessibility to patient medical information via electronic databases combined with HIPAA regulatory changes of 2003 has eliminated your rights to privacy.
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Disposal of all waste presents a major challenge, more so those having carcinogenic effects and a long half-life. Electronic waste sometimes falls into this category. Countries that might be considered “impoverished” are most vulnerable to these unwanted effects given lack of education and desire for employment. This problem fundamentally lies within the dominant global economic system-Capitalism. Capitalism by definition is exploitative. Thus most often ignoring ethics and morality.
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