title: Professional ethics as basis for legal control of health care information.
abstract: The development of uniform, ethical and internationally enforceable standards for handling computerised electronic patient records is a major requirement for the implementation of the next generation of health information systems. This paper develops a model code of ethics to address this issue.
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kluge
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D004995:Ethics, Professional; D007391:International Cooperation; D008490:Medical Informatics; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012958:Societies, Scientific