Requiring Athletes to Acknowledge Receipt of Concussion-Related Information and Responsibility to Report Symptoms: A Study of the Prevalence, Variation, and Possible Improvements

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 297-313

  Baugh, Christine M ^a   Kroshus, Emily ^b   Bourlas, Alexandra P ^a   Perry, Kaitlyn I ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; SAFETY; SPORTS MEDICINE; UNITED STATES;

ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN CONCUSSION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; SAFETY; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910069631     PISSN: 10731105     EISSN: 1748720X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12147     Document Type: Article

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