The role of the nurse in combating human trafficking

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 28-37

  Sabella, Donna ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Debt bondage; human trafficking; labor trafficking; modern slavery; sex trafficking; trafficking in persons

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIGRATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VICTIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COERCION; CRIME VICTIMS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATIONS; PROSTITUTION; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 79951566357     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000394289.55577.b6     Document Type: Article

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