Commentary Open Access
Volume 2 | Issue 1 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.46439/Trauma.2.007
Why it’s important for emergency medical professionals to know about incest
Christine A. Courtois1,*
- 1Consultant, Trauma Treatment and Training, Lewes, DE, USA
Corresponding Author
Christine A. Courtois, cacourtoisphd@aol.com
Received Date: April 17, 2025
Accepted Date: June 09, 2025
Courtois CA. Why it’s important for emergency medical professionals to know about incest. Trauma Emerg Med. 2025;2(1):5-10.
Copyright: © 2025 Courtois CA. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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