Privacy in psychiatric treatment: Threats and responses

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 159, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1809-1818

  Appelbaum, Paul S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW;

LEGAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PSYCHIATRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036842763     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.11.1809     Document Type: Review

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