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- Oxford University Press
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- © The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org
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- 0263-2136
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- 1460-2229
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- 10.1093/fampra/cmh710
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- 15655103
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Abstract
© The Author (2005). Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oupjournals.org doi:10.1093/fampra/cmh710 Family Practice Advance Access originally published online on 17 January 2005 Ruth Boaden and Claire Harris Boaden R and Harris C. Copying letters to patients—will it happen? Family Practice 2005; 22: 141–143. The requirement for clinicians from all fields to offer Protection Act and the Access to Medical Records patients copies of letters written about them to other Act all establish a right of access by individuals to health professionals was stated in the NHS Plan and has reports relating to themselves provided by medical been the subject of a series of pilot studies and a set of practitioners, and data about them. Access can only be guidelines. However, in the light of the fact that it has denied where the information may cause serious harm not been explicitly included in the detail of the new GP to the physical or mental health condition of the patients contract, it is worth exploring whether as ‘good practice’ or any other person, or where giving access would there is a strong case for copying letters to patients, given disclose information relating to or
Journal
Family Practice – Oxford University Press
Published: Apr 17, 2005