Implementation of the Data Protection Directive in Relation to Medical Research in Europe (Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe) - Hardcover

Beyleveld, Professor Deryck; Townend, Dr. David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754623696 ISBN 13: 9780754623694

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2004

Synopsis

The Data Protection and Medical Research in Europe: PRIVIREAL series focuses on the 'Privacy in Research Ethics and Law' EC-funded project examining the implementation of Directive 95/46/EC on data protection in relation to medical research and the role of ethics committees in European countries. The series consists of five separate volumes following the complete development of the PRIVIREAL project. This volume relates to the first stage of this project concerning the implementation of the Data Protection Directive, in particular in the area of medical research. It contains reports from 26 European countries on the implementation of the Directive, or the data protection regime, all with a specific focus on issues and questions relating to medical research.

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In this report from the workshop of January 23 held at Sheffield University, contributors of the 27 papers examine the ethics, laws, and processes of maintaining the privacy of medical records in EC countries. They find some differences in technologies, methods and results but in general note that individual countries in the EC are aware of the iss

Edition details

• Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Limited
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754623696
• ISBN 13: 9780754623694
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 485