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. 1997 Summer-Fall;25(2-3):88-97, 82.
doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01884.x.

Medical record confidentiality and data collection: current dilemmas

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Medical record confidentiality and data collection: current dilemmas

B Woodward. J Law Med Ethics. 1997 Summer-Fall.

Abstract

Author discusses current data collection and data disclosure practices that threaten medical record confidentiality. She raises concerns about the reidentification of ostensibly deidentified patient information and discusses measures for protecting confidentiality in a research setting.

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