Sex on the wards: Conundra for clinicians

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-460

  Mossman, Douglas ^a,b,e   Perlin, Michael L ^c   Dorfman, Deborah A ^d  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c NEW YORK LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Washington Protect Advocacy Syst   (United States)

^e WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENTAL PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHIATRIST; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STAFF TRAINING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031404863     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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