From Hippocrates to HIPAA: Privacy and confidentiality in Emergency Medicine - Part I: Conceptual, moral, and legal foundations

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-59

  Moskop, John C ^a   Marco, Catherine A ^b   Larkin, Gregory Luke ^b   Geiderman, Joel M ^b   Derse, Arthur R ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMANITIES; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; MORALITY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

EID: 11144225156     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2004.08.008     Document Type: Article

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