The evolving law of alleged delayed memories of childhood sexual abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 176-189

  Gothard, Judge Sol ^a,b   Cohen Ivker, Naomi A ^a,c  

^a Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal for the State of Louisiana ^*  (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Louisiana and American Bar Associations   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; HUMAN; JURISPRUDENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; LIABILITY, LEGAL; REPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034189358     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005002009     Document Type: Article

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