Opinions among mandated reporters toward child maltreatment reporting policies

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 901-910

  Delaronde, Steven ^a   King, Gary ^b   Bendel, Robert ^c   Reece, Robert ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mandated reporters; Reporting; Reporting policy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORKER; TELEPHONE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0034031555     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(00)00151-4     Document Type: Article

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