Confidentiality issues regarding sexual abuse concerning victims and perpetrators with learning disability

British Journal of Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-191

  Short, Clare ^a,b  

^a Stoke Park Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; COOPERATION; DENIAL; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING DISORDER; LEGAL ASPECT; OFFENDER; PROBATION; REVIEW; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL WORK; VICTIM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 0029784943     PISSN: 09697950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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