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Covert video surveillance: an important investigative tool or a breach of trust?
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There has been controversy among professionals and the public
surrounding the use of covert video surveillance (CVS) in cases of
suspected child abuse. Opinion is divided as to whether it is necessary
to make a "diagnosis" of child abuse and whether it is ethical and
legal. CVS for documentation of apnoea by smothering was first used in
1983,1 and since then more than 20 reports have
appeared.2-7 Its primary use is to detect imposed upper airways obstruction, which normally presents in small babies under the
age of 1 year with an apparent life threatening event. It is a well
recognised entity requiring immediate and urgent assessment. It is a
dangerous form of abuse with high mortality and
morbidity.8 It can be difficult to differentiate a
"normal" apparent life threatening event from an imposed upper
airways obstruction purely on clinical grounds. It may require
multichannel monitoring of physiological function with concurrent
CVS in
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