The doctor's dilemma: Caregiving and medicolegal evidence collection

Medicine and Law

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 515-529

  Du Mont, J ^a   Parnis, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doctor; Forensic evidence; Medical examination; Medicolegal evidence; Physician; Rape; Rape kit; Sexual assault

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; SATISFACTION; SEXUAL CRIME; VICTIM;

EID: 5044224962     PISSN: 07231393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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