Sv: confidentiality

[Marten Eriksson]

Dear Brian,

It is certainly an important issue you raise. I believe the primary decision
is to
be made by the parent or primary caregiver, and their decision has to be
clearly documented.
However the 8 levels you discern do hardly facilitate their decision. I
suggest 3 levels would
be sufficient for parents to choose from, e.g. level 3, 5, and 8. Moreover,
I suggest a rather
detailed standard for how tapes should be de-identifiable should be
developed. Different levels
of de-identification are also possible,  from substituting names to
shadowing one or all actors on a video.


Marten Eriksson
Senior Lecturer, Ph.D.
Department of Health and Social Care
University of Gavle
801 76 Gävle, Sweden
Phone    +46 26 64 82 11