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Dual loyalties 1.15Evidence of maltreatment—reporting abuse and informed consentThe prison doctor must be advised that s/he may receive information about violations of human rights, for example by being ordered to give medical help to prisoners who have been beaten or tortured by the authorities or other associated bodies (guards, police, special investigations, etc.). Such information may cause difficult dilemmas. Should the doctor report such abuses or does the system prevent her or him from doing so?There is not one straightforward answer to this question. The prison doctor should not report evidence of maltreatment without obtaining the prisoner's informed consent. However, most prisoners probably do not trust the system they are held in, or the prison doctor for that matter, as they may see him (her) as 'part of the system'. Even if they do trust the prison doctor enough for them to speak about ill-treatment, they may not give their consent for the doctor to inform. This is particularly a problem if the Ministry of Justice has the responsibility for the health care of prisoners and the doctor is part of the system and employed by the prison authorities under the same Ministry. In a few countries the health care of prisoners is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Health. The doctor will then be employed by the community outside the prison, and could perhaps act more independently towards the prison authorities.If a beating or other forms of ill-treatment took place outside prison, for example in a police station, it might be less controversial for them to report it to the prison authorities, but the prison doctor must take into account that prison staff and police could have a common interest in covering up for each other. The doctor must always weigh up what is in the best interests of the patient.
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