Privacy and the Health Industry

This article examines confidentiality and freedom of information in the health industry and access to medical records in both the public and private sector. In particular, it considers changes to the access of medical records in the private health sector after the amendments to the Privacy Act 1988...

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Main Author: Carew-Reid, Anne
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2003
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25360
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-253602017-01-30T12:48:07Z Privacy and the Health Industry Carew-Reid, Anne privacy - health law - patient rights This article examines confidentiality and freedom of information in the health industry and access to medical records in both the public and private sector. In particular, it considers changes to the access of medical records in the private health sector after the amendments to the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) in 2003. 2003 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25360 fulltext
spellingShingle privacy - health law - patient rights
Carew-Reid, Anne
Privacy and the Health Industry
title Privacy and the Health Industry
title_full Privacy and the Health Industry
title_fullStr Privacy and the Health Industry
title_full_unstemmed Privacy and the Health Industry
title_short Privacy and the Health Industry
title_sort privacy and the health industry
topic privacy - health law - patient rights
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25360