Is deidentification sufficient to protect health privacy in research?

American Journal of Bioethics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3-11

  Rothstein, Mark A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PERSONNEL; PRIVACY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; STANDARDS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION; CODES OF ETHICS; COMMERCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PRIVACY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956396767     PISSN: 15265161     EISSN: 15360075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15265161.2010.494215     Document Type: Article

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