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DSC 2007/11 - Independent doctors and cameras on Medical Visits |
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Written by Emma Ginn
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In July 2007, at the request of a Medical Justice volunteer psychiatrist, the Home Office has issued a Detention Services Order (DSO) which permits independent doctors to bring digital cameras into a detention centre in order to photograph and document scars of torture.
This has already contributed to the release of one woman with cigartette burns. Medical Justice is prepared to offer a service in advising on any such photographs. It is essential that the detainee concerned gives written permission for any such images to be communicated to Medical Justice. DSO 2007/11 |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 01 January 2008 )
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