The Need for Emergency Medicine Resident Training in Forensic Medicine

Annals of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 733-738

  Wiler, Jennifer L ^a   Bailey, Heatherlee ^a   Madsen, Troy E ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRIME; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY WARD; EXPERT WITNESS; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

EID: 36048984484     PISSN: 01960644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.02.020     Document Type: Note

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