Noll J O, Hanlon M J
Am J Psychiatry. 1976 Nov;133(11):1286-9. doi: 10.1176/ajp.133.11.1286.
The authors studied potential violations by mental health centers of individuals' rights to privacy and confidentiality by sending questionnaires to state directors of mental health programs and to mental health centers in all the 50 United States and its teritories. The questionnaires assessed the extent to which information that could identify a patient is reported to state offices; it also addressed issues of mental health center discretion in reporting information, the life span of patient files, and the access of outside agencies to mental health center files. The authors conclude that legislative action prohibiting the reporting of identifying information appears desirable.
作者通过向各州心理健康项目主管以及美国本土50个州及其属地的心理健康中心发送调查问卷，研究了心理健康中心对个人隐私权和保密权的潜在侵犯情况。这些问卷评估了可识别患者身份的信息向州政府办公室报告的程度；还涉及了心理健康中心在报告信息方面的自由裁量权问题、患者档案的保存期限，以及外部机构获取心理健康中心档案的情况。作者得出结论，立法禁止报告可识别身份的信息似乎是可取的。
