Balancing Patient Confidentiality and Release of Information
โ Scribed by Dawn Murto Carman
- Publisher
- American Society for Information Science and Technology
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 384 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0095-4403
- DOI
- 10.1002/bult.51
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