Passive consent for clinical research in the age of HIPAA

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-211

  Littenberg, Benjamin ^a   MacLean, Charles D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Ethics; Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; Informed consent; Privacy; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DIABETES MELLITUS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RANDOMIZATION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PRESUMED CONSENT; REGISTRIES; THIRD-PARTY CONSENT; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

EID: 33645110837     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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