• Clin Med · Aug 2014

    Protecting against harm: safeguarding adults in general medicine.

    • Billy Boland, Jemima Burnage, and Adrian Scott.
    • Safeguarding Adults, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, St Albans, UK billy.boland@hpft.nhs.uk.
    • Clin Med. 2014 Aug 1; 14 (4): 345348345-8.

    AbstractThe abuse of adults who are vulnerable or at risk is an important cause of harm to patients. Doctors have a duty to act on concerns about abuse and to seek to protect those in need. We discuss two case examples of how abuse can present in a general hospital setting and use these to consider the steps clinicians should take in the interests of patients. We also describe definitions in relation to safeguarding adults and illustrate principles with which to approach safeguarding practice.© 2014 Royal College of Physicians.

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