BMJ No 7124 Volume 316
Education and debate Saturday 3 January 1998
Ethical debate
Child sexual abuse: when a doctor's duty to report abuse conflicts with a duty of confidentiality to the victim
 | Fifteen years after she has been admitted to
hospital with unexplained bruising, a woman asks to see her paediatric
medical records. Professor T J David describes the dilemma surrounding
her allegations of sexual abuse, and a general practitioner, lawyer,
and community paediatrician offer their opinions.
The woman who wanted to see her paediatric hospital
records
Social services can act on anonymous information
about abuse
Confidentiality may be overvalued
Wider public interest may come before issues of
confidentiality |
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