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  1. KP Center for Health Research, USA

    Holly B. Jimison PhD (Medical Informatics Investigator, Assistant Professor)

  2. Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA

    Holly B. Jimison PhD (Medical Informatics Investigator, Assistant Professor)

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  1. Nursing Informatics, University of Pittsburgh School of Nursing, Pittsburgh, PA, 15261, USA

    Deborah Lewis EdD, RN, MPH (Associate Professor and Coordinator) (Associate Professor and Coordinator)

  2. Centre for Global eHealth Innovation Division of Medical Decision Making and Health Care Research, Toronto General Research Institute of the UHN, Canada

    Gunther Eysenbach MD, MPH (Senior Scientist) (Senior Scientist)

  3. Department of Health Policy Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada

    Gunther Eysenbach MD, MPH (Senior Scientist) (Senior Scientist)

  4. Mailman School of Public Health, Division of Sociomedical Sciences, Department of Medical Informatics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    Rita Kukafka DrPH, MA, CHES (Assistant Professor) (Assistant Professor)

  5. Oregon Health & Science University, USA

    P. Zoë Stavri MLS, PhD (Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, part-time) (Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, part-time)

  6. Health Sciences Informatics, SOM, JHU, Chambersburg, PA, 17201, USA

    P. Zoë Stavri MLS, PhD (Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, part-time) (Assistant Professor, Visiting Assistant Professor, part-time)

  7. KP Center for Health Research, USA

    Holly B. Jimison PhD (Medical Informatics Investigator, Assistant Professor) (Medical Informatics Investigator, Assistant Professor)

  8. Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, 97227-1110, USA

    Holly B. Jimison PhD (Medical Informatics Investigator, Assistant Professor) (Medical Informatics Investigator, Assistant Professor)

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Jimison, H.B. (2005). Ethical Issues in Consumer Health Informatics. In: Lewis, D., Eysenbach, G., Kukafka, R., Stavri, P.Z., Jimison, H.B. (eds) Consumer Health Informatics. Health Informatics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27652-1_12

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