Physician privacy concerns when disclosing patient data for public health purposes during a pandemic influenza outbreak

• Main Authors: Grava-Gubins Inese (Author), Moreau Katherine (Author), Mercer Jay (Author), El Emam Khaled (Author), Buckeridge David (Author), Jonker Elizabeth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Privacy concerns by providers have been a barrier to disclosing patient information for public health purposes. This is the case even for mandated notifiable disease reporting. In the context of a pandemic it has been argued that the...