Safeguarding
Provided by BMJ Learning
About the course
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On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Know the importance of recognising alerting features of possible child maltreatment
- Recognise the common signs of physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and neglect
- Manage disclosure and referral
- Balance confidentiality with the need to share information
- Know what elder abuse is, how to recognise it and what to do if you suspect it
- Understand the prevalence of and health consequences of domestic abuse
- Know how to recognise elder abuse and how to manage it.