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Nature 387, 754 (19 June 1997) |

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Protect patients' rights

Philip L. Bereano1

  1. (Chair, American Civil Liberties Committee on Data Access, Storage, and Dissemination) Department of Technical Communication, University of Washington, Box 352195, Seattle, Washington98195-2195, USA

Those of us who are concerned about the increasing incidence of biomedical discrimination and violations of medical privacy appreciate your attention to these issues (Nature 386, 533; 1997). We need, however, to deal directly with the fact that research scientists do not have an exemplary track record.