Interagency practice in children with non-organic failure to thrive: Is there a gap between health and social care?

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 325-338

  Taylor, Julie ^a   Daniel, Brigid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Failure to thrive; Interagency collaboration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000326385     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199909/10)8:5<325::AID-CAR566>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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