title: The medical record: cui bono? an appeal for personal custody of health data.
abstract: A personal, portable, continuing health record is an important adjunct to superior medical care in a complex and mobile modern society, and the medical profession should encourage and facilitate its voluntary adoption by patients.
mesh_terms: D030881:Disclosure; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008499:Medical Records / Q000592:standards*; D008500:Medical Records Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D026706:Paternalism; D033283:Patient Access to Records; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000592:standards*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D028701:Patient Rights; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018570:Risk Assessment