Ethical questions must be considered for electronic health records

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 535-539

  Spriggs, Merle ^a   Arnold, Michael V ^b   Pearce, Christopher M ^c,d   Fry, Craig ^a  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Melbourne East General Practice Network   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; AUSTRALIA; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84866345818     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100413     Document Type: Article

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