Managing the very young patient: a conflict between the requirements of the Children Act and the VD regulations?

Sex Transm Infect

Watford Sexual Health Centre, West Hertfordshire Sexual Health Directorate, Watford General Hospital, UK.

Published: October 2002

We describe the case of a 12 year old girl who presented requesting screening for sexually transmitted infections and discuss a conflict between concerns of clinicians to maintain confidentiality and concerns of social workers to investigate the possibility of sexual abuse.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1744526PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sti.78.5.332DOI Listing

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