Handling human remains

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 634-640

  Keller, Richard T ^a,b   Bobo, William V ^c,d,e  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S ARMY   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; BEREAVEMENT; BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; BURNOUT; CADAVER; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISASTER; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FATALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; MENTAL STRESS; MILITARY SERVICE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESCUE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

EID: 4344671977     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0048-5713-20040801-17     Document Type: Review

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