Fact or fiction? Your medical record may be fundamentally flawed.

From: Newsletter-People's Medical Society | Date: August 1, 1989 | Copyright information

Your Medical Record May Be Fundamentally Flawed

FACT or FICTION?

From its very inception, the People's Medical Society has demanded that consumers have access to their medical records. After all, we can't be smarter consumers if we can't see the most basic data about our own health.

Unfortunately, many doctors are reluctant to share the medical record, claiming that you might not understand their notes or that you might be frightened away from a "needed" procedure. Hospitals, too, hedge at releasing records. The American Hospital Association Patient's Bill of Rights ...

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