Privacy: A review of the literature

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 663-671

  Leino Kilpi, H ^b   Valimaki M ^c   Dassen, T ^c   Gasull, M ^a   Lemonidou, C ^c   Scott, A ^c   Arndt, M ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Nursing ethics; Privacy

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRIVACY; REVIEW;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, NURSING; HOSPITAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; HUMANS; PRIVACY;

EID: 0035653389     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(00)00111-5     Document Type: Short Survey

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