Balancing potential risks and benefits of using confidential data

British Medical Journal

Volumn 333, Issue 7563, 2006, Pages 349-351

  Davies, Christina ^a   Collins, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SECURITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 33747589857     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.333.7563.349     Document Type: Note

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