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. 1995 Nov 11;311(7015):1272.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.311.7015.1272.

Protection of patients' rights to privacy

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors

Protection of patients' rights to privacy

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. BMJ. .

Abstract

The following statement was agreed [upon] by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (the Vancouver Group) at its meeting last week in San Francisco. It is a complete revision of the initial guidelines on this subject issued in 1991.

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