Perspectives of Australian adults about protecting the privacy of their health information in statistical databases

International Journal of Medical Informatics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 279-289

  King, Tatiana ^a   Brankovic, Ljiljana ^a   Gillard, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Consent; De identification of medical records; Electronic health record; Medical research; Personal health information; Privacy; Statistical databases

Indexed keywords

CONSENT; DE-IDENTIFICATION; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL HEALTH; STATISTICAL DATABASE;

DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH;

DATA PRIVACY;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858154228     PISSN: 13865056     EISSN: 18728243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2012.01.005     Document Type: Article

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