Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Emergency Physician

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-376

  Gupta, Malkeet ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DRIVER; DRIVER LICENCE; DRIVING ABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; LAW; MANDATORY REPORTING; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847014514     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.05.017     Document Type: Note

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