FSM 16: Police Custodial Healthcare
A police cell is not a hospital ward - yet medical responsibility does not pause at the custody threshold.
In this episode, we explore the provision of healthcare within custodial environments. Police detention facilities present unique clinical, ethical, and legal challenges. The practitioner must balance duty of care to detainees with operational realities and legal oversight.
We examine:
* The role of healthcare professionals in police custody.
* Assessment of fitness for detention and fitness for interview.
* Intoxication, withdrawal, and acute behavioural disturbance.
* Mental illness…
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