TY - JOUR T1 - Protecting against harm: safeguarding adults in general medicine JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 345 LP - 348 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-345 VL - 14 IS - 4 AU - Billy Boland AU - Jemima Burnage AU - Adrian Scott Y1 - 2014/08/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/14/4/345.abstract N2 - 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. ER -