Factors which decrease the vulnerability of patients
Exercise
You are working in a prison that receives prisoners remanded into custody directly from the court. The police warrant of one 18 year old prisoner indicates that he has been charged with incest against his 11 year old sister.
The prisoner is mute and will give no details to the receiving officer. You are asked to undertake your reception medical examination prior to the prisoner being taken to the cells.
Which of the following actions would you take to decrease the vulnerability of the prisoner?
Tick the appropriate alternative.
Ask the prisoner to accompany you, with a nurse, into a clinical room and proceed to a physical examination there.
Ask the officers to remove his clothes so that you might undertake a physical examination in the reception area.
Take the patient into your clinical room, offer him a seat, explain who you are, and assure him that you are there to help him and could best do this if he would talk to you.
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