Abuse history: Is it really important in the medical encounter?

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 618-621

  Rubin, Nancy J ^a   Gardner, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER;

EID: 0033007613     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199906000-00013     Document Type: Article

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