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The New Federal Health Privacy Regulations: How Will States Take the Lead?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Janlori Goldman
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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 29 , Issue 3-4 , Fall Winter 2001 , pp. 395 - 400
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2001

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