title: Has the Data Protection Act been misused as a fig leaf for medical secrecy?
authors.affiliation: BMJ, London WC1H 9JR, UK. claredyer4@gmail.com
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dyer
mesh_terms: D016494:Computer Security / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003219:Confidentiality / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D013222:State Medicine / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006113:United Kingdom