Confidentiality
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research.

29 Nov 2009 Clinical research is a systematic investigation of human biology, health, or illness involving human beings. It builds on laboratory and animal studies and often involves clinical trials, which are specifically designed to test the safety and ... Read more...

Pediatric biobanks: approaching informed consent for continuing research after children grow up.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Proposals for pediatric biobanks have prompted questions of whether parental permission is sufficient to continue to use biological samples and data after the children become adults. The objective of this study was to examine adults' ... Read more...

Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Web 2.0 applications, such as social networking sites, are creating new challenges for medical professionalism. The scope of this problem in undergraduate medical education is not well-defined. OBJECTIVE: To assess the experience of US ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Confidentiality'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Science, technology, and innovation: nursing responsibilities in clinical research. 29 Nov 2009
• Ring! Ring!: safeguarding patient information with password protection for phone calls. 30 Oct 2009
• Doctors may share genetic information to help patients' relatives. 29 Sep 2009
• Pediatric biobanks: approaching informed consent for continuing research after children grow up. 29 Sep 2009
• Science and the Stasi. 29 Sep 2009
• Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students. 21 Sep 2009
• [Etical questions in the human medical research without intervention] 11 Sep 2009
• Data sharing: Empty archives. 8 Sep 2009
• Eight rights of safe electronic health record use. 7 Sep 2009
• Child protection and the health professional: mandatory responding is our duty. 5 Sep 2009
• [The psychologist's responsibilities--legislative issues] 30 Aug 2009
• Criteria for the evaluation of quality improvement programs and the use of quality improvement data. 30 Aug 2009
• [Statement of the three German Associations for Child & Adolescent Psychiatry - rules/recommendations for public statements] 30 Aug 2009
• HIV testing factors associated with delayed entry into HIV medical care among HIV-infected persons from eighteen states, United States, 2000-2004. 30 Aug 2009
• Health-related beliefs and decisions about accessing HIV medical care among HIV-infected persons who are not receiving care. 30 Aug 2009
• Integration of STI and HIV prevention, care, and treatment into family planning services: a review of the literature. 30 Aug 2009
• Case study. Dirty blood. Commentary. 30 Aug 2009
• Case study. Dirty blood. Commentary. 30 Aug 2009
• Case study. Dirty blood. 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of perceived anonymity in assessments of eating disordered behaviors and attitudes. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Confidentiality'

Definition: The privacy of information and its protection against unauthorized disclosure.

Descriptor UI: D003219

Alternative terms: Confidentiality; Secrecy; Privileged Communication; Communication, Privileged; Communications, Privileged; Privileged Communications; Confidential Information; Information, Confidential; Privacy of Patient Data; Data Privacy, Patient; Patient Data Privacy; Privacy, Patient Data;

Related Mesh Headings: Duty to Warn; Privacy; Genetic Privacy; Disclosure; Anonymous Testing; Parental Notification;

Allowable Qualifiers: ethics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; standards; trends;

Tree Number: F04.096.544.335.240; I01.880.604.473.650.500; I01.880.604.583.080; N03.706.437.650.124; N03.706.535.230;

Online Note: use CONFIDENTIALITY to search PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION 1975-79; use JURISPRUDENCE 1968-74

History Note: 80; was PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION 1975-79; was PRIVILEGED COMMUNICATION see under JURISPRUDENCE 1968-74

Technical Notes: secrecy goes here