> Many of the patients I’ve interviewed, including a lawyer who works as a privacy advocate, told me they’re afraid that speaking up or pushing back against terms they don’t agree to will make health providers categorize them as inconvenient patients and make it harder to get the care they need
There really needs to be more regulation/legislation around privacy in high stakes situations or when there is extreme power imbalance between the parties.
> Many of the patients I’ve interviewed, including a lawyer who works as a privacy advocate, told me they’re afraid that speaking up or pushing back against terms they don’t agree to will make health providers categorize them as inconvenient patients and make it harder to get the care they need
There really needs to be more regulation/legislation around privacy in high stakes situations or when there is extreme power imbalance between the parties.