The health care information directive

BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 1-4

  Upshur, Ross E G ^a   Goel, Vivek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; LIVING WILL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADVANCE DIRECTIVES; CONFIDENTIALITY; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIVACY;

EID: 0003722105     PISSN: 14726947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6947-1-1     Document Type: Article

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