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. 1997 Summer-Fall;25(2-3):98-110, 82.
doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1997.tb01885.x.

Weaving technology and policy together to maintain confidentiality

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Weaving technology and policy together to maintain confidentiality

L Sweeney. J Law Med Ethics. 1997 Summer-Fall.

Abstract

Author demonstrates that removing all explicit identifiers from medical data does not guarantee medical record confidentiality. She examines three new software systems that do help maintain anonymity, but warns that systems' limitations demand complementary policies.

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