Rape attitudes amongst British medical students

Medical Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 24-27

  Williams, L ^a   Forster, G ^a   Petrak, J ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAPE; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RAPE; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 0032898615     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1999.00296.x     Document Type: Article

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