Privacy and Confidentiality in Emergency Medicine: Obligations and Challenges

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 633-656

  Geiderman, Joel Martin ^a,b   Moskop, John C ^c   Derse, Arthur R ^d,e  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Medical College of Wisconsin Center for the Study of Bioethics   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN RIGHTS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LAW; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; RELIGION; REVIEW;

EID: 33746488993     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2006.05.005     Document Type: Review

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