Patient consent for release of sensitive information from their medical records: An exploratory study

Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 445-454

  Merz, Jon F ^a,b   Spina, Bernadette J ^a   Sankar, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Center for Bioethics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DRUG USE; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT INFORMATION;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; FORMS AND RECORDS CONTROL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0033368991     PISSN: 07353936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199910/12)17:4<445::AID-BSL359>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

References (4)

1. Gostin, L. O., Lazzarini, Z., & Flaherty, K. M. (1997). Legislative survey of state confidentiality laws, with specific emphasis on HIV and immunization. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Law Center.
2. Gostin, L. O., Lazzarini, Z., Neslund, V. S., & Osterholm, M. T. (1996). The public health information infrastructure: A national review of the law on health information privacy. Journal of the American Medical Association, 275, 1921-1927.
3. Merz, J. F., Sankar, P., & Yoo, S. S. (1998). Hospital consent for disclosure of medical records. Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 26, 241-248.
4. Rosen, C. E. (1977). Why clients relinquish their rights to privacy under sign-away pressures. Professional Psychology, 8, 17-24.