Patient privacy versus protecting the patient and the health system from harm: A case study

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 213-216

  DeWitt, Dawn E ^a   Ward, Stephanie A ^b   Prabhu, Sandeep ^c   Warton, Bruce ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Southern Health   (Australia)

^c ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Goulburn Valley Health Pathology   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GASTRITIS; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PRIVACY; THORAX PAIN; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ECONOMICS; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT RIGHT;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CHEST PAIN; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME; PATIENT RIGHTS; PRIVACY;

EID: 70349569531     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02755.x     Document Type: Article

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