Sharing patient information between professionals: Confidentiality and ethics

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 277-279

  Braunack Mayer, Annette J ^a   Mulligan, Ea C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PROFESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION;

EID: 0037451267     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05195.x     Document Type: Article

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