Health care information and the protection of personal privacy: Ethical and legal considerations

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 8 II SUPPL., 1997, Pages 683-690

  Gostin, Lawrence ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY;

EID: 0030753443     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-127-8_part_2-199710151-00050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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