Mandatory reporting of child abuse: Is it in the best interests of the child?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 794-804

  Budai, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; HUMAN; LAW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 0030512729     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048679609065047     Document Type: Article

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