Crossing professional boundaries in medicine: The slippery slope to patient sexual exploitation

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 181, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 380-383

  Galletly, Cherrie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUING EDUCATION; EMOTION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HARASSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHER;

EID: 5044252443     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06334.x     Document Type: Review

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