Use of electronic patient records for research: Views of patients and staff in general practice

Family Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 227-232

  Stevenson, Fiona ^a   Lloyd, Nigel ^b   Harrington, Louise ^b   Wallace, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NLH Partnership Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Academic medicine; Medical ethics; Primary care; Research ethics informed consent; Sociology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA EXTRACTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT INFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATE MEDICINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875605353     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cms069     Document Type: Article

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