Citizens, patients and policy: A challenge for Australia's national electronic health record

Health Information Management Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 39-43

  Showell, Christopher Morris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

E Health; Electronic health records; Health policy; Informed consent; Policy; Policy development; Privacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961052044     PISSN: 18333583     EISSN: 18333575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/183335831104000206     Document Type: Article

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