Naslov
Attitude of Medical, Nursing, and Health Care Management Students towards the Respect of Privacy in the Media

Autori
Sorta-Bilajac, Iva ; Baždarić, Ksenija ; Festin, Marina ; Brozović, Boris

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
The 9th World Congress of Bioethics: The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Bioethics in the 21st Century. Book of Abstracts / Sorta-Bilajac, Iva ; Blažević, Ivana ; Tancabel, Ana - Rijeka : The International Association of Bioethics, University of Rijeka - School of Medicine, The Croatian Society for Clinical Bioethics, 2008

Skup
The 9th World Congress of Bioethics: The Challenge of Cross-Cultural Bioethics in the 21st Century. Media and Bioethics.

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 03.09.2008. - 04.09.2008

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
attitude; confidentiality; disclosure; mass media; privacy

Sažetak
Objective: The aim of this study was to identify the type of mass media students of the Medical School, University of Rijeka most often consume, and the frequency of their usage, and to asses students’ attitude towards the respect of privacy in the media. Subjects and Methods: The study was conducted during the academic year 2006/2007. Our sample of respondents consisted of 151 (70% female) 1st and 2nd year medical, nursing and health care management students of the Medical School, University of Rijeka, mean age 20 years. This research was conducted using an anonymous questionnaire. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. The introductory part of the questionnaire contains a statement on respect of privacy and data confidentiality. The second part of the questionnaire contains questions on socio-demographic data, prior training in ethics, and type and frequency of mass media most often consumed. The third part of the questionnaire is composed of 12 items addressing attitude towards respect of privacy and data confidentiality in the media, divided in three sub-groups: public persons vs. private persons, general privacy vs. medical privacy, public’ s right to know vs. person’ s right to non-disclosure. The items were adapted to the Likert type scale of five degrees. Results: Television (76, 4%) was identified as a media most often used, with 26, 5% of respondents watching news and informative shows every day, and 35, 8% 2-3 times per week. As for daily newspapers, 27, 2% of respondents read it every day, while 35, 1% read it 2-3 times per day. There is a strong disagreement with the items on the public’ s right to know about anonymous’ (84%) and public figures’ personal life (51, 7%). There is also a disagreement with the items on public’ s right to know medical information (61, 6%), as well as with the public disclosure of medical information (47%) regarding public figures. Disclosure of both personal (76, 2%) and medical data (89, 3%) regarding “ regular citizens” should be protected by the media. Conclusion: The media can significantly disturb one person’ s dignity by disclosing personal (private) information, even when it comes to disclosing medical information on public figures, such as politicians. The public’ s right to know should not overrule the protection of personal dignity and data confidentiality, i.e. someone’ s right to privacy and non-disclosure of both personal and medical information.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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