Duty in reporting stab wounds

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 06 Jan 2009 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 338, pages a3139-a3139 (issn: 0959-8138, eissn: 1468-5833,

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Authors: Michael, Keegan;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3139

pmid: 19126610

Duty in reporting stab wounds

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Doctors should already be telling the police whenever a person arrives at hospital with a wound inflicted in a violent attack with a knife, blade, or other sharp instrument.1 This duty was contained in interim joint guidance from the General Medical Council and the Department of Health in August 2008. The police should not …

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General Medical Council
United Kingdom

Keywords

Interprofessional Relations, Humans, Crime, Wounds, Stab, Duty to Warn, Police

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