Privacy issues in pharmacoepidemiology: The importance of weighing costs and benefits

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 659-662

  Leufkens, Hubert G ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics; Medical data; Privacy; Record linkage; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LANSOPRAZOLE; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUSTICE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOETHICS; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

EID: 0035570689     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.645     Document Type: Article

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