‘You are instructed to prepare a report …’ How to make sound decisions about whether to accept or decline medico-legal work
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Legal medicine--how to prepare a report.
Legal medicine often requires the provision of a report by the general practitioner. This may be either as the treating doctor or as the expert witness providing peer evaluation of a colleague, or to assess professional standards and/or delivery of health services. This article reviews the process and obligations attached to the provision of such a report.
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عنوان ژورنال: The Psychiatrist
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1758-3209,1758-3217
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.110.032086