Compelled Disclosures of Health Records: Updated Estimates

Mark A Rothstein1, Meghan K Talbott1

  • 1Mark A. Rothstein, J.D., is the Herbert F. Boehl Chair of Law and Medicine and the Director of the Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. Meghan K. Talbott, J.D., is the Policy and Regulatory Senior Manager at Blue Shield of California.

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