Intentional burn injury: An evidence-based, clinical and forensic review

Burns

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 628-642

  Greenbaum, Adam R ^a,c   Donne, Jeremy ^b   Wilson, Diana ^b   Dunn, Kenneth W ^a  

^a WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b EC4Y 9BS   (United Kingdom)

^c Bowdon WA14 3JN ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn; Evidence based; Forensic; Inflicted; Non accidental

Indexed keywords

HYDROFLUORIC ACID; KEROSENE; NITRIC ACID; SULFURIC ACID;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ASSAULT; AUTOMUTILATION; AWARENESS; BURN; CAREGIVER; CHILD ABUSE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DELINQUENCY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY; FATALITY; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; LAWYER; LEGAL ASPECT; LOGIC; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL STAFF; MEMORY DISORDER; NEGLIGENCE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCALD; SENESCENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE PARENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TORTURE; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE; WITNESS;

ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CRIME; ELDER ABUSE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 4744343420     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2004.03.019     Document Type: Review

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