Patient and Study Participant Rights to Privacy in Journal Publication

JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 323, Issue 21, 2020, Pages 2147-2150

  Flanagin, Annette ^a   Bauchner, Howard ^a   Fontanarosa, Phil B ^a  

^a JAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; ETHNICITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT RIGHT; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; PUBLICATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; ANONYMIZATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PUBLISHING;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DATA ANONYMIZATION; EDITORIAL POLICIES; HEALTH RECORDS, PERSONAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT RIGHTS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 85085765107     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2020.3590     Document Type: Editorial

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