Preserving confidentiality in occupational medical practice

American Family Physician

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1751-1756

  Mccunney, Robert J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 1990; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; CODES OF ETHICS; DRUG ABUSE; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; INJURIES; LEGAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CODES OF ETHICS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISABLED PERSONS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED STATES; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0029935540     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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