[Privacy of workers and handling of personal information in occupational health].
[Privacy of workers and handling of personal information in occupational health].
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[职业健康中工人的隐私和个人信息的处理]。
DOI：
10.7888/juoeh.26.481
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发表时间：
2004
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S. Horie
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S. Horie
在日本，企业中的非医务人员也可以处理工人的健康信息，因为职业健康法要求雇主记录工人的健康检查结果，并根据每个工人的健康状况改善工作环境和工作。与此同时，隐私的概念在世纪发展起来，控制自己的个人信息现在被认为是一项重要的人权。例如，未经当事人同意，不得处理健康信息等敏感信息。因此，日本的职业健康服务面临着工人隐私被侵犯的高风险。日本相继颁布了《健康促进法》和《个人信息保护法》，我们已经经历了因侵犯隐私而要求损害赔偿的法院案件。然而，一些对工作人员的调查显示，对这些问题的认识不高，对隐私保护的看法因健康信息的类型而异。应要求职业卫生专业人员参照道德准则，在适当使用和保护工人健康信息的价值之间取得平衡。
A non-medical personnel staff in enterprises may handle workers' health information in Japan, because occupational health legislation requires employers to keep records of workers' health examination results and to improve the working environment and the work based on the health status of each worker. Meanwhile, the notion of privacy developed in the 20th century and control over one's own personal information is now regarded as an important human right. For example, sensitive information such as health information may not be handled without consent from the person involved. Therefore, occupational health services in Japan have been exposed to high risks of workers' privacy being violated. The Health Promotion Law and the Personal Information Protection Law have been promulgated in succession in Japan, and we have already experienced court cases requiring damage from violation of privacy. However, some surveys of workers revealed that the awareness of these problems was not high, and the opinion for privacy protection differs depending on the types of health information. Occupational health professionals should be required to balance the value of proper usage and protection of the workers' health information by referring to the ethical guidelines.