Medical confidentiality versus disclosure: Ethical and legal dilemmas

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-96

  Agyapong, V I O ^a   Kirrane, R ^a   Bangaru, R ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX OFFENSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 58149119678     PISSN: 1752928X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jflm.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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