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Case histories
Case histories are a valuable way to learn about medico-legal problems in everyday practice. Read a selection of ours here.
Latest additions to the case studies
- The importance of individual case specific advice - 22 December 2010
A GP received a request for access to a deceased patient’s medical records from a university research department.
- Mystery abdominal pain - 22 December 2010
A man in his 30’s attended his GP complaining of pain in the lower abdomen which had begun that morning. There was no associated nausea or vomiting.
- A fatal complication of chickenpox - 22 December 2010
A four-year-old was 'grumpy and irritable' after returning home from nursery. He then developed spots and his mother suspected chickenpox.
