Facsimile communication between emergency departments and GPs, and patient data confidentiality

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 167, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 575-578

  Taylor, David McD ^a,b   Chappell Lawrence, John ^d,e   Graham, Ian S ^c  

^a BALLARAT HEALTH SERVICES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Clinical Services

^d Ballarat Dist Div of Gen Pract   (Australia)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031573989     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1997.tb138902.x     Document Type: Article

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