Attaining adequate consent for the use of electronic patient records: An opt-out strategy to reconcile individuals' rights and public benefit

Public Health

Volumn 119, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1003-1010

  Clark, Alexander M ^a   Findlay, Iain N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consent; Coronary heart disease; Disease registers; Epidemiology; Ethics; Public health

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC HEALTH;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; INFORMED CONSENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LAW; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; UNITED KINGDOM;

CORONARY DISEASE; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS APPLICATIONS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; REGISTRIES;

EID: 27144550146     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.08.013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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