Protecting patient confidentiality in telephone consultations in general practice

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 526, 2006, Pages 384-385

  Sokol, Daniel ^a   Car, Josip ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA BASE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TELECONSULTATION;

CONFIDENTIALITY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; REMOTE CONSULTATION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 33646564996     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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