Rabit Wombat wrote:
Don't get me wrong - I'm not disagreeing with you about how grim your points are. I just wanted to point out that information "could" be released to researchers without identifying the patient - researchers are generally interested in statistical data, such as the incidence of cancer per zip code, etc., which doesn't require your name to be released. Zip codes are sufficiently populated that this probably is of no danger to privacy.
Um..... Zip code 92067-1234 is my mother's mailing address. OK, it's not -1234, but there is a 9 digit zip code that is sufficient to get mail to my mother, and my mother alone. P.S. This is less than 5 miles outside the city limits of San Diego; hardly a "low population density" area. -- Marshall Marshall Clow Aladdin Systems <mailto:mclow@mailhost2.csusm.edu> "We're not gonna take it/Never did and never will We're not gonna take it/Gonna break it, gonna shake it, let's forget it better still" -- The Who, "Tommy"