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Nature 392, 6 (5 March 1998) | doi:10.1038/32004

Privacy bill under fire from researchers

Meredith Wadman

An effort to write a comprehensive law to protect medical privacy was launched in the US Congress last week. The initiative is supported by privacy advocates, but has been criticized by researchers and industry lobbyists, who argue that it would create damaging barriers to the use of patient information in research.