Digital medication and patients' right of autonomy in Spain.

The progress the Internet has experienced in recent years has brought about huge changes and social transformation in all aspects of our lives. One such aspect greatly impacted has been our health, where we can talk about the existence of an 'Internet of Medical Things'. Amid this digital drift, we...

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Published in:Bioethics Vol. 39; no. 5; pp. 482 - 492
Main Author: Pérez Álvarez, Salvador
Format: Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2025
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        Patients' rights
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          Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals
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      ab: The progress the Internet has experienced in recent years has brought about huge changes and social transformation in all aspects of our lives. One such aspect greatly impacted has been our health, where we can talk about the existence of an 'Internet of Medical Things'. Amid this digital drift, we have seen the development of pharmaceutical drugs that provide information to patients and their attending healthcare teams concerning medication, doses ingested, and time of ingestion. These are digital pills or digital medication. In this context, the purpose of my paper is to analyze the ethical and legal impact of digital medication, further analyzing the implications concerning the right of service users to make decisions over their own health in Spain.
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