Clinical databases and data protection: Are they compatible?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 426-431

  Gilkes, C E ^a   Casimiro, M ^a   Mcevoy, A W ^a   Macfarlane, R ^a   Kitchen, N D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical database; Data Protection Act; Patient confidentiality

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; RESEARCH; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0242492003     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688690310001611215     Document Type: Review

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