Citation

Lambe A, Gage-Lindner N. J. Forensic Nurs. 2007; 3(3-4): 117-25, 136.

Affiliation

Institute of Legal Medicine, Hamburg, Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, International Association of Forensic Nurses, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

18027531

Abstract

Violence remains a public health challenge and the nursing profession accepts this challenge by expanding its field. Although countries such as the United States, Great Britain, and Canada have employed forensic nurses for decades in different capacities, Germany has yet to follow their lead. This report discusses the German health care and legal systems and challenges Germany to develop an innovative, cost-efficient, and competent profession of forensic nursing.

Language: en