Confidentiality of social work records in the computer age

Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 243-252

  Gelman, Sheldon R ^a   Pollack, Daniel ^a   Weiner, Adele ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computers; Confidentiality; Privacy; Recording

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033129182     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/44.3.243     Document Type: Article

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