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Confidentiality of personal health information used for research
— [Confidentiality and consent in medical research] | | Author(s) | Dipak Kalra, Renate Gertz, Peter Singleton |
| Corporate Author | Medical Research Council - MRC |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 333 no 7560, 22 July 2006 |
| Pages | pp 196-198 (1 of 4 articles) |
| Source | http://www.bmj.com |
| Keywords | Health services ; Confidential material ; Research ; Standards of provision. |
| Annotation | Researchers must balance the quest for better health for all, against the need to respect the privacy of research participants. This is the first of a four-part series building on a Medical Research Council (MRC) review carried out during 2004-2005 on how to manage consent and confidentiality in using personal information in medical research. The authors consider what needs to be done to ensure best practice. Firstly, the drive for advances in medicine should not be at the expense of the confidentiality of the data or research participants. Secondly, a model of best practice would help maintain and boost public confidence in research. Thirdly, the number of researchers requiring access to identifying data can be reduced by use of pseudonyms or other masking to achieve confidentiality. Finally, staff training and access policies are also essential. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060823203 A |
| Classmark | L: 6RC: 3A: 583 * |
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