title: Confidentiality: practice issues in new legislation.
abstract: The health care record is a highly prized document. It is important to the consumer, vital to the provider, and demanded by a great variety of third parties. In the face of these demands--many sanctioned by statute and regulations--providers are offered guidelines for evaluating their policies and procedures against the background of consumer concerns and their own ethical and professional standards.
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D033161:Government Regulation; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination; D007258:Informed Consent / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008487:Medical History Taking; D008499:Medical Records; D033242:Minors; D033283:Patient Access to Records; D028701:Patient Rights; D014481:United States