The use of personal data from medical records and biological materials: Ethical perspectives and the basis for legal restrictions in health research

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1975-1984

  Regidor, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Ethics; Health; Medical records; Personal data

Indexed keywords

ETHICS;

GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; REVIEW;

EID: 4143098103     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.02.032     Document Type: Article

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