Access to Medical and Psychiatric Records: Proposed Legislation.

Felch, Erica

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ERIC Number: EJ155286

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Publication Date: 1976

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Access to Medical and Psychiatric Records: Proposed Legislation

Felch, Erica

Albany Law Review, 40, 3, 580-617, 76

This commentary reviews the history and ideology of nondisclosure, considers the realities of modern treatment and record-keeping, and describes the contemporary legal dilemma in this context. Model legislation is proposed to provide patients a property right of direct access to their records. (LBH)

Descriptors: Case Records, Confidential Records, Confidentiality, Constitutional Law, Legal Problems, Legislation, Medical Case Histories, Medical Services, Patients, Psychiatry

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