An ethical framework for sharing patient data without consent

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Navarro, Robert ^a  

^a Sapior Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inference attack; Medical records systems; Patient data privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649098624     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i4.701     Document Type: Article

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