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Legal and ethical considerations in processing patient-identifiable data without patient consent: lessons learnt from developing a disease register
- Correspondence to: Dr C L Haynes Epidemiology, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport SK2 7JE, UK; charlotte.haynes{at}stockport-tr.nwest.nhs.uk
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Legal and ethical considerations in processing patient-identifiable data without patient consent: lessons learnt from developing a disease register
Publication history
- Received March 31, 2006
- Accepted August 8, 2006
- Revised August 1, 2006
- First published April 30, 2007.
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April 30, 2007
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