Ethics and the police surgeon: Compromise or conflict?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1569-1575

  Kelly, Kathleen ^a   Moon, Graham ^a   Savage, Stephen P ^a   Bradshaw, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; Consent; Ethical conflict; Forensic medicine; Medical ethics; Police surgeons

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029905360     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(95)00266-9     Document Type: Article

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