Liberty or death: Don't tread on me

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 338-341

  Hooper, Carwyn ^a   Spicer, John ^b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b London Deanery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; HEAD INJURY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELMET; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SCALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; POLICY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BICYCLING; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD PROTECTIVE DEVICES; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES;

EID: 84864025021     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: 14734257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2011-100085     Document Type: Article

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