Grandfather's gun: When should we intervene?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 467-469

  Green, Robert C ^a   Kellerman, Arthur L ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; FIREARM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; NOTE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FIREARMS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0030119057     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb06421.x     Document Type: Editorial

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