Two routes to privacy protection: A comparison of health information legislation in Canada and the United States

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 665-672

  Plater, Sharon ^a,b   Seeley, Erin ^a   Dixon, Lorrainne A ^a  

^a Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia   (Canada)

^b Stn Prov Govt   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031706591     PISSN: 10597115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.1998.7.665     Document Type: Article

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