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Patient consent for release of sensitive information from their medical records: an exploratory study.
- Source :
- Behavioral Sciences & the Law; Oct-Dec1999, Vol. 17 Issue 4, p445-454, 10p
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- The disclosure of sensitive information concerning mental health, drug and alcohol use, and communicable diseases requires express patient consent under federal and state laws. This paper presents the results of a retrospective medical record abstraction of hospital consent-to-treatment and release-of-information forms, examining whether the forms are present in the records, and, if so, whether they are signed by patients. The results suggest that patients who have sensitive information in their medical records or pay out of pocket for their care are less likely to consent to disclosure of their records. We discuss the implications of these results and recommend further research to understand patients' perceptions of medical confidentiality and the processes used for securing consent to hospital treatment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- INFORMED consent (Medical law)
MEDICAL records
INFORMATIONS (Criminal procedure)
FEDERAL legislation
PATIENTS
SOCIAL sciences
MEDICAL record laws
RIGHT of privacy
MEDICAL ethics laws
COMPARATIVE studies
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
RESEARCH
EVALUATION research
RETROSPECTIVE studies
MEDICAL coding
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 07353936
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Behavioral Sciences & the Law
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 11818736
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199910/12)17:4<445::AID-BSL359>3.0.CO;2-P