PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Billy Boland
AU  - Jemima Burnage
AU  - Adrian Scott
TI  - Protecting against harm: safeguarding adults in general medicine
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-345
DP  - 2014 Aug 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 345--348
VI  - 14
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/4/345.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/4/345.full
SO  - Clin Med2014 Aug 01; 14
AB  - The 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.