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Jeremy R Simon1, Arthur R Derse2, Catherine A Marco3
1Department of Emergency Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New York New York USA.
Abstract:
In the course of legal investigations, law enforcement officers may enlist emergency department (ED) personnel to gather information or forensic evidence, often with the intent of building cases against a patient. These situations create ethical conflicts between the emergency physician's obligations to the patient and society. This paper provides an overview of the ethical and legal considerations in ED forensic evidence collection and the general principles that emergency physicians should apply in these situations.
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