A qualitative and quantitative survey of Forensic Medical Examiner workload in the Northumbria Police Force area October 2002-January 2003

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Roberts, Geoffrey ^a   Roberts, John ^b,c   Patton, Hugh Fergus ^c   Patton, Michelle ^c   Megson, Kenneth ^c   Murphy, Rob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b FME Priory Medical Group   (United Kingdom)

^c FME Northumbria Police Force   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Competency; Custody medicine; Custody nurse; FME

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPETENCE; CONSULTATION; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; CUSTODY; DECISION MAKING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FITNESS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OFFENDER; POLICE; PRESCRIPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; ENGLAND; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; POLICE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 31544457312     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2005.02.008     Document Type: Article

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