Sexual Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: The Medical Director's Response

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 442-445

  Schneider, Diana C ^a   Li, Xian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SEXUAL ABUSE; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 33748415762     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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