RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Confidentiality and medical records
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 137
OP 140
VO 28
IS 188
A1 Jones, R. V. H.
A1 Richards, S. Jane
YR 1978
UL http://bjgp.org/content/28/188/137.abstract
AB Protecting confidential information disclosed to doctors has been one of the most important ethical traditions of the medical profession. However, the patient's right to such confidentiality is threatened because it is legally unclear how far ownership by Government of the paper on which NHS records are kept or of the computer system in which they are stored confers right of access. We hope the medical profession will examine this problem urgently and offer some suggestions as to how patients' confidences can continue to be protected in the future.