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Case Reports
. 2002 Oct;78(5):332-3.
doi: 10.1136/sti.78.5.332.

Managing the very young patient: a conflict between the requirements of the Children Act and the VD regulations?

P E Munday  1 , E A Broadwith, H M Mullan, A Allan
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Case Reports

Managing the very young patient: a conflict between the requirements of the Children Act and the VD regulations?

P E Munday et al. Sex Transm Infect. 2002 Oct.

Abstract

We describe the case of a 12 year old girl who presented requesting screening for sexually transmitted infections and discuss a conflict between concerns of clinicians to maintain confidentiality and concerns of social workers to investigate the possibility of sexual abuse.

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References

    1. Lancet. 2001 Dec 1;358(9296):1843-50 - PubMed

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