Medical records: practicalities and principles of patient possession
This review of issues and research is in two parts: 1) practical problems surrounding patient-held records and 2) ethical arguments for and against patient-held records. We argue that research on patient-held records indicates that there are no substantial practical drawbacks and considerable ethica...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
1991
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1991, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, Pages: 138-143 |
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| Summary: | This review of issues and research is in two parts: 1) practical problems surrounding patient-held records and 2) ethical arguments for and against patient-held records. We argue that research on patient-held records indicates that there are no substantial practical drawbacks and considerable ethical benefits to be derived from giving patients custody of their medical records. |
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| ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1136/jme.17.3.138 |