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The privacy rule that's not.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  17844923     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
HIPAA is often described as a privacy rule. It is not. In fact, HIPAA is a disclosure regulation, and it has effectively dismantled the longstanding moral and legal tradition of patient confidentiality. By permitting broad and easy dissemination of patients' medical information, with no audit trails for most disclosures, it has undermined both medical ethics and the effectiveness of medical care.
Authors:
Richard Sobel
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The Hastings Center report     Volume:  37     ISSN:  0093-0334     ISO Abbreviation:  Hastings Cent Rep     Publication Date:    2007 Jul-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2007-09-11     Completed Date:  2007-11-27     Revised Date:  2008-04-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0410447     Medline TA:  Hastings Cent Rep     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  40-50     Citation Subset:  E; IM    
Affiliation:
Havard Medical School, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Disclosure / legislation & jurisprudence*
Ethics, Medical
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act*
Humans
Privacy / legislation & jurisprudence*
United States
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Hastings Cent Rep. 2008 Jan-Feb;38(1):8; author reply 8   [PMID:  18314799 ]
Hastings Cent Rep. 2008 Jan-Feb;38(1):7; author reply 8   [PMID:  18314798 ]

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