Biomaterial Database

Legal aspects of medical records confidentiality. 1995

C J Zick

Ropes & Gray, Boston, MA, USA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007258	Informed Consent	Voluntary authorization, by a patient or research subject, with full comprehension of the risks involved, for diagnostic or investigative procedures, and for medical and surgical treatment.	Consent, Informed
D008402	Mass Media	Instruments or technological means of communication that reach large numbers of people with a common message: press, radio, television, etc.	Broadcast Media,Folk Media,Printed Media,Media, Broadcast,Media, Folk,Media, Mass,Media, Printed
D008499	Medical Records	Recording of pertinent information concerning patient's illness or illnesses.	Health Diaries,Medical Transcription,Records, Medical,Transcription, Medical,Diaries, Health,Diary, Health,Health Diary,Medical Record,Medical Transcriptions,Record, Medical,Transcriptions, Medical
D003219	Confidentiality	The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.	Patient Data Privacy,Privacy of Patient Data,Privileged Communication,Confidential Information,Secrecy,Communication, Privileged,Communications, Privileged,Data Privacy, Patient,Information, Confidential,Privacy, Patient Data,Privileged Communications
D004992	Ethics, Medical	The principles of professional conduct concerning the rights and duties of the physician, relations with patients and fellow practitioners, as well as actions of the physician in patient care and interpersonal relations with patient families.	Medical Ethics
D005249	Fees and Charges	Amounts charged to the patient as payer for health care services.	Charges,Charges and Fees,Fees,Charge,Fee
D012926	Social Control, Formal	Control which is exerted by the more stable organizations of society, such as established institutions and the law. They are ordinarily embodied in definite codes, usually written.	Regulation,Social Control,Control, Social,Controls, Social,Formal Social Control,Formal Social Controls,Regulations,Social Controls
D014481	United States	A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.