Medical-legal analysis of aggresssion towards health professionals. An approach to a silent reality and its consequences on health;Análisis médico-legal de las agresiones a profesionales sanitarios. Aproximación a una realidad silenciosa y a sus consecuencias para la salud

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 307-310

  Martínez Jarreta, Begoña ^a   Gascón, Santiago ^a   Santed, Miguel Ángel ^a   Goicoechea, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

EID: 34247122193     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13099583     Document Type: Article

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