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Care.data doesn’t care enough about consent

BMJ 2014; 348 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.g2831 (Published 22 April 2014) Cite this as: BMJ 2014;348:g2831

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Re: Care.data doesn’t care enough about consent

Consent, definitely. Even better is informed consent in accordance with international research guidelines, e.g. the Declaration of Helsinki and the CIOMS/WHO guidelines.

Competing interests: No competing interests

25 April 2014
John R Evans
retired clinical biochemist
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Brechin, Angus