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By Amitai Etzioni. 280 pp. New York, Basic Books, 1999. $25. ISBN 0-465-04089-6.

Everyone knows — patients as well as doctors — that the confidentiality of medical records has virtually disappeared. Amitai Etzioni, a well-known social scientist, documents the violation of the privacy of medical records that occurs when unauthorized persons gain access to such information in record rooms or on computers — what worries most people about the easy accessibility of their records. Of greater concern is that "most violations of the privacy of medical records are the result of [the] legally sanctioned . . . unconcealed, systematic flow of medical information . . . to non health-care parties including employers, marketers, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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