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.
Gilhooly
M L
ML
University of Glasgow.
McGhee
S M
SM
D032882:Comprehension; D003219:Confidentiality; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D005568:Forms and Records Control; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D033283:Patient Access to Records; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010358:Patient Participation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D028701:Patient Rights; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment; D006113:United Kingdom