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Medico-legal Significance of ‘Self-Embedding of Foreign Bodies’

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dc.contributor.author Vidanapathirana, M.
dc.contributor.author Gunathilake, K.M.T.B.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-11-08T06:25:23Z
dc.date.available 2017-11-08T06:25:23Z
dc.date.issued 2015
dc.identifier.citation Vidanapathirana, M., Gunathilake, K.M.T.B. (2015). "Medico-legal Significance of ‘Self-Embedding of Foreign Bodies’", International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Vol.5 (3), pp. 171-173 en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/6687
dc.description.abstract Attached en_US, si_LK
dc.description.abstract Self-embedding is a form of self-injury where foreign objects are inserted underneath the skin. Though it is reported in scientific literature, it is not being reported in forensic literature. In the year 2010, a housemaid returned from Saudi Arabia with 24 nails and needles in her body. After arrival, she had not informed that she had been tortured by the employer. In the year 2013, another Sri Lankan housemaid from Middle East admitted to hospital with needles in her body alleged that needles being inserted by her master. X-rays showed 4 needles in her face and limbs, placed parallel to the skin surface. She would have selfembedded these needles in a way to escape from employer. There are cases of self-inflicted injuries in people with Munchausen syndrome, where people simulate trauma or illness in order to draw attention. In conclusion, ‘the medico-legal significance of self-embedding of foreign objects’ is a new concept where the forensic physician has to exclude ‘torture’ by a third party before ascertaining the concept of self-harm. Multiple foreign objects, found parallel to body surface, at accessible sites and accessible directions to push foreign bodies between the thumb and index finger favors self-embedding
dc.language.iso en_US en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher International Journal of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Self-Embedding of needles en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Munchausen syndrome en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Torture en_US, si_LK
dc.title Medico-legal Significance of ‘Self-Embedding of Foreign Bodies’ en_US, si_LK
dc.type Article en_US, si_LK


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