Attachment representations and factitious illness by proxy: Relevance for assessment of parenting capacity in child maltreatment

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 398-410

  Adshead, Gwen ^a   Bluglass, Kerry ^b  

^a WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attachment; Factitious illness; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012657931     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.723     Document Type: Article

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