title: Hospital consent for disclosure of medical records.
abstract: Disclosure of information clauses in general consent-to-treatment forms used by 202 large hospitals nationwide are described and mapped into a taxonomy to distinguish types of disclosures and to help structure consent documents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Merz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sankar
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Yoo
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D032962:Consent Forms; D032982:Contracts; D003625:Data Collection; D030881:Disclosure; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D035846:Law Enforcement; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D035842:Research Subjects; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement; D014481:United States