Privacy and health information: Health cards offer a workable solution

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 263-270

  Neame, Roderick ^a  

^a Health Information Consulting Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Law; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 60649102908     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v16i4.702     Document Type: Article

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