Table 9.

Ethical and legal issues in eHealth.

Level	Policy category	Issues
a)	Global eHealth policies	i.	Management of health information on the Internet
		ii.	Health information privacy
b)	Jurisdictional (national and provincial/subnational) policies	i.	Consent for care in eHealth
		ii.	Liability issues (medical malpractice liability)
		iii.	Medicolegal issues
		iv.	Patients’ right to access information
		v.	Security of information during portability
		vi.	Control of malpractice
		vii.	Cultural issues in communication