Confidentiality of personal health information used for research

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7560, 2006, Pages 196-198

  Kalra, Dipak ^a   Gertz, Renate ^b   Singleton, Peter ^a   Inskip, Hazel M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; RISK FACTOR; COMPUTER SECURITY; ETHICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL RECORDS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY;

EID: 33746275226     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7560.196     Document Type: Note

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