Healthcare and forensic medical services in police custody - to degrade or to improve?
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6 © Royal College of Physicians 2017. All rights reserved. Author: A consultant forensic physician and specialist in forensic and legal medicine, honorary consultant in emergency medicine, St George’s Hospital, London, UK; honorary clinical senior lecturer, Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, London, UK; president, Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK Author: Jason Payne-James A
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical medicine
دوره 17 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2017