Medical records: practicalities and principles of patient possession.
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Medical records: practicalities and principles of patient possession.
This review of issues and research is in two parts: 1) practical problems surrounding patient-held records and 2) ethical arguments for and against patient-held records. We argue that research on patient-held records indicates that there are no substantial practical drawbacks and considerable ethical benefits to be derived from giving patients custody of their medical records.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 1991
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.17.3.138