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. 1997 Summer-Fall;25(2-3):113-29, 82.
doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01887.x.

Medical record confidentiality law, scientific research, and data collection in the information age

R C Turkington  1
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Medical record confidentiality law, scientific research, and data collection in the information age

R C Turkington. J Law Med Ethics. 1997 Summer-Fall.

Abstract

Author reviews U.S. federal and state laws on privacy and confidentiality on access and disclosure of health records governing government and private sector data bases. He also examines legislative proposals and recommendations for privacy and confidentiality now before the U.S. Congress.

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