Sexual harassment of female chiropractors by their patients: A pilot survey of faculty at the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College

Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 111-121

  Gleberzon, Brian ^a   Statz, Rachel ^a   Pym, Matthew ^a  

^a CANADIAN MEMORIAL CHIROPRACTIC COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chiropractic; Chiropractor; Harassment; Patient; Sexual

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934278334     PISSN: 00083194     EISSN: 17156181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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