Cancer registration, public health and the reform of the European data protection framework: Abandoning or improving European public health research?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1028-1038

  Andersen, Mette Rye ^a   Storm, Hans H ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer registration; Cancer registry; Confidentiality; Consent; Epidemiology; Ethical guidelines; EU data protection; Public health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH ETHICS; COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RECORD; NEOPLASMS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

COMPUTER SECURITY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84929842173     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.09.005     Document Type: Article

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