title: Hippocrates to HIPAA: a foundation for a federal physician-patient privilege.
authors.affiliation: The John Marshall Law School, USA.
authors.forename: Ralph
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ruebner
authors.forename: Leslie Ann
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Reis
mesh_terms: D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D035082:Federal Government; D030661:Genetic Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D020408:Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007348:Insurance, Health; D020407:Internet; D007883:Legislation, Medical; D008318:Malpractice / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D008499:Medical Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D018907:Privacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013219:State Government; D035521:Supreme Court Decisions; D014481:United States; D014483:United States Dept. of Health and Human Services