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Ethics and Privacy of Patient Records for Clinical Text Mining Research

  • Hercules Dalianis
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This chapter discusses ethical issues while working with sensitive material such as patient records, how to apply for ethical permission, the safe storage of sensitive data and other privacy-related topics.

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  • Hercules Dalianis
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  1. 1.DSV-Stockholm UniversityKistaSweden

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