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Hospitalize patients when injuries dictate or the patient requires surgical intervention or medical or psychiatric stabilization.  |
- Hospitalize patients who have experienced sexual assault:
- When they suffer traumatic injuries that require inpatient care or are suffering from a medical condition that warrants inpatient management
- Who are in danger of retaliation from the suspected perpetrator and whose safety cannot be assured with other options
- Under an assumed name in accordance with general safe practice for victims of violent crime who require medical attention
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| Carolyn J. Sachs, MD, MPH has no financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies, biomedical device manufacturers, or health-care related organizations.
Steven E. Weinberger, MD, FACP, Acting Editor, PIER, has stock holdings in Glaxosmithkline and Abbott. |
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