Pediatric discourse on corporal punishment: A historical review

Aggression and Violent Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 357-368

  Evans, H Hughes ^a,b   Fargason Jr , Crayton A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporal punishment; History of pediatrics; Pediatric advice

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; REVIEW; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0031783697     PISSN: 13591789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-1789(97)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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