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Compelled Disclosures of Health Records: Updated Estimates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Mark A. Rothstein  and
Meghan K. Talbott
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Columns: Currents in Contemporary Bioethics
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 45 , Issue 1: Under Attack: Reconceptualizing Informed Consent , Spring 2017 , pp. 149 - 155
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2017

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