Dreams and nightmares: Practical and ethical issues for patients and physicians using personal health records

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-73

  Wynia, Matthew ^a   Dunn, Kyle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952826170     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720X.2010.00467.x     Document Type: Article

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