Role of next of kin in accessing health records of deceased relatives

British Medical Journal

Volumn 328, Issue 7445, 2004, Pages 952-953

  Lucassen, Anneke M ^a   Parker, Michael ^b   Wheeler, Robert ^c  

^a PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; REVIEW;

EID: 1942510561     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.328.7445.952     Document Type: Review

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