About the authors

Professor Roy McClelland

 

Roy McClelland

    

Roy McClelland is Professor Emeritus of Mental Health at Queen’s University Belfast and Consultant Psychiatrist at Belfast City Hospital.

 

Email: R.J.McClelland@qub.ac.uk

 

Professor McClelland is Chair of the Confidentiality Advisory Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and Coordinator of the EuroSOCAP Project, which has developed guidance on confidentiality for European healthcare professionals. He is also a member of the Patient Information Advisory Group (PIAG).

 

Declaration of interests: Member of the Patient Information Advisory Group and Chairman of the Privacy Advisory Committee (N.I.)


Colin Harper, BA, MSc, PhD

Dr Colin Harper is an independent consultant and Honorary Research Fellow in the Division of Psychiatry and Neuroscience at Queen’s University Belfast, working on confidentiality, data protection and human rights.

 

Email: C.Harper@qub.ac.uk

 

Declaration of interests: Technical Assistant to EuroSOCAP Project, Developing European Standards (2003-2006)

 

 


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