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Article: Review of police inquiries to an accident and emergency department
Title | Review of police inquiries to an accident and emergency department |
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Keywords | Emergency medicine Confidentiality Police Legislation |
Issue Date | 1996 |
Citation | Emergency Medicine Journal, 1996, v. 13, n. 6, p. 402-405 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective - To assess the workload generated by police inquiries to an accident and emergency (A&E) department and the adherence of medical staff to departmental guidelines relating to these inquiries. Design-Prospective analysis of the number, nature, and timing of police inquiries and the information released by medical staff. Setting-A&E department of an inner city teaching hospital. Outcome measures-Number of personal and telephone requests for information from police; completion of a form of inquiry; record of patient consent for release of information. Results-A daily average of 8.7 police inquiries were made, but in only 10% of cases was a form of inquiry completed. The patient's consent for release of information to the police was recorded in 4% of cases. Conclusions-Police inquiries generate a significant workload for an A&E department, often at clinically busy times. Medical staff need further education to ensure that patient confidentiality is respected while assisting the police with their investigations. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/292496 |
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dc.contributor.author | Marshall, Ruth | - |
dc.contributor.author | Rainer, Timothy | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-17T14:56:36Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2020-11-17T14:56:36Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 1996 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Emergency Medicine Journal, 1996, v. 13, n. 6, p. 402-405 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1351-0622 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/292496 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective - To assess the workload generated by police inquiries to an accident and emergency (A&E) department and the adherence of medical staff to departmental guidelines relating to these inquiries. Design-Prospective analysis of the number, nature, and timing of police inquiries and the information released by medical staff. Setting-A&E department of an inner city teaching hospital. Outcome measures-Number of personal and telephone requests for information from police; completion of a form of inquiry; record of patient consent for release of information. Results-A daily average of 8.7 police inquiries were made, but in only 10% of cases was a form of inquiry completed. The patient's consent for release of information to the police was recorded in 4% of cases. Conclusions-Police inquiries generate a significant workload for an A&E department, often at clinically busy times. Medical staff need further education to ensure that patient confidentiality is respected while assisting the police with their investigations. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Emergency Medicine Journal | - |
dc.subject | Emergency medicine | - |
dc.subject | Confidentiality | - |
dc.subject | Police | - |
dc.subject | Legislation | - |
dc.title | Review of police inquiries to an accident and emergency department | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/emj.13.6.402 | - |
dc.identifier.pmid | 8947799 | - |
dc.identifier.pmcid | PMC1342809 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-0029948294 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 13 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 402 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 405 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1351-0622 | - |