Public goods, private data: HIV and the history, ethics, and uses of identifiable public health information

Public Health Reports

Volumn 122, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 7-15

  Fairchild, Amy L ^a   Gable, Lance ^b   Gostin, Lawrence O ^c   Bayer, Ronald ^a   Sweeney, Patricia ^d   Janssen, Robert S ^d  

^a Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; BIRTH DEFECT; CANCER; CONFIDENTIALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNIZATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT RIGHT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW; SANITATION; ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ETHICS; HISTORY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC HEALTH INFORMATICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947505124     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549071220s103     Document Type: Review

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