Sorry, you can't have that information: Data holder confusion regarding privacy requirements for personal health information and the potential chilling effect on health research

Healthcare Policy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 61-76

  Pullman, Daryl ^a   Buehler, Sharon K ^a   Felt, Larry ^a   Gallagher, Katherine ^b   House, Jeannie ^c   Keough, T Montgomery ^a   Mcdonald, Lucy ^d   Power, Angela ^e   Ryan, Ann ^a   West, Roy ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Newfoundland and Labrador Association of the Deaf   (Canada)

^d Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

^e Government of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

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ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANADA; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PRIVACY; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 67650527050     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17156572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12927/hcpol.2009.20806     Document Type: Article

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