Data Protection Legislation in the Area of Health Research in EU

There are strict regulations and restrictions in the European legislation about personal data and medical information, collected from the patients. Some of the legal requirements have recently been implemented and still confuse medical and research circles and insufficient information of doctors about what is allowed and what is not. On the other hand, physicians and researches need to use data for the development of the medical science, in interaction with other physicians and medical institutions, for statistics, prevention, and public health, for clinical trials, est. The aim of the current survey is to highlight some areas of the Data Protection Legislation that are particularly relevant to the area of health researc