Confidential health care for adolescents: Position paper of the Society for Adolescent Medicine

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 408-415

  Sigman, Garry ^a   Silber, Tomas J ^b   English, Abigail ^c   Epner, Janet E Gans ^d  

^a Lutheran General Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c National Center for Youth Law   (United States)

^d AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; REVIEW;

EID: 0030732496     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1054-139X(97)00171-7     Document Type: Article

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