title: Records management guidance and its implications for research.
abstract: The UK Department of Health's code of practice for managing records has important implications for nurse researchers. Naomi Reay and Jill Firth consider the steps researchers need to take to comply with the code.
authors.affiliation: School of Healthcare/School of Medicine, University of Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Reay
authors.forename: Jill
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Firth
mesh_terms: D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards*; D005568:Forms and Records Control / Q000458:organization & administration; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards*; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012107:Research Design / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom