title: The Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and the National Practitioner Data Bank: the controversy over practitioner privacy versus public access.
authors.affiliation: School of Information Science and Policy, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, State University of New york at Albany 12222, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heffernan
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016749:National Practitioner Data Bank / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D018024:Peer Review, Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018907:Privacy; D011640:Public Policy; D011641:Public Relations; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014342:Truth Disclosure; D014481:United States