Prevalence and risk of inappropriate sexual behavior of patients toward physical therapist clinicians and students in the United States

Physical Therapy

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2017, Pages 1084-1093

  Boissonnault, Jill S ^a,b   Cambier, Ziádee ^c   Hetzel, Scott J ^b   Plack, Margaret M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL THERAPY SPECIALTY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85033602176     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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