BMJ confidentiality collection: selected topics

[Peter Marshall <techdiff@ix.netcom.com>]

[BMJ]
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Ethics : Confidentiality

INFORMATION IN PRACTICE
Privacy in clinical information systems in
secondary care * Commentary: Let's discuss
wider social and professional issues *
Commentary: Organisational and cultural
aspects are also important
     Ian Denley, Simon Weston Smith,
     Martin Gardner, and Rory O'Conor
    * Journal of Medical Ethics
     BMJ 1999; 318: 1328-1331.

World Medical Association opposes
Icelandic gene database
     Nigel Duncan
     BMJ 1999; 318: 1096a.

NEWS EXTRA
US Congress considers medical privacy bill
     BMJ 1999; 318: 962c.


EDITORIALS
Maintaining privacy and the health of the
public
     Jan P Vandenbroucke
     BMJ 1998; 316: 1331-1332.



Ethical debate: Sex, drugs, and the
invasion of privacy * Respect for privacy
and the case of Mr K * Commentary:
Hospital can never be home * Commentary:
Silence may be the best advocacy *
Commentary: Nurses should recognise
patients' rights to autonomy * Commentary:
Patients should have privacy as long as
they do not harm themselves or others
     Julian Savulescu, Rachel Marsden,
     Tony Hope, Michael Saunders, Ruth
     Carlyle, Pippa Gough, and George J
     Annas
     BMJ 1998; 316: 921-924.

EDITORIALS
Patient data, confidentiality, and
electronics
     Grant Kelly
     BMJ 1998; 316: 718-719.

Wider public interest may come before
issues of confidentiality
     Margaret Brazier
     BMJ 1998; 316: 57.

EDUCATION AND DEBATE
Confidentiality may be overvalued
     Anthony S Kessel
     BMJ 1998; 316: 56a-57a.

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