刑事護理學——刑事法學與護理學之整合

Forensic Nursing: Integration of Criminal Justice and Nursing

隨社會的多元化開放發展，新住民與人口老化衍生的家庭暴力與虐待等問題，愈來愈衝擊台灣社會治安，加上民眾對自身權益認知的提昇及新的刑事訴訟交互詰問制度的施行，刑事醫護人員在法庭上為證據彙集、保存和分析調查過程作證，其提供的法庭證據間接幫助執法官員，讓他們在許多刑事案件中扮演重要角色，也逐漸影響台灣護理人員對刑事護理的重視。台灣的刑事護理專業尚處於萌芽時期，但將鑑識科學概念導入臨床醫學教育工作又是刻不容緩之當務之急。本文藉由對醫療涉法個案類別及臨床工作面臨問題與挑戰的探討，提出刑事護理發展的時代需求及工作內容，最後針對台灣目前專業發展現況提出教育、臨床和研究等三方面之建議。With the increasingly open and pluralistic society, Taiwan is more than ever before faced with various issues on the care for new immigrants and the aged, such as domestic violence, abuse, the heightened public awareness of human rights and personal interests, and the implementation of the new Criminal Procedure Code and cross-examination system. It has also been these issues that, in turn, prompted Taiwan's nursing community to pay more and more attention to forensic nursing. Forensic nurses testify at court proceedings regarding the collection, preservation and analysis of evidence and have come to assume a significant role in many criminal cases by assisting law enforcement officers with the court evidence that they have to offer. Forensic nursing in Taiwan is still in its initial stage. The primary purpose of this article is to introduce forensic science into clinical medical education as it has become an urgent requirement. This article intends to discuss the forensic patient and the problem and challenge in clinical setting, and to propose the development needs and the professional working contents in forensic nursing. Finally, the results of this article point to some possible suggestions for education, clinical and future research in this field.