A misunderstanding regarding the duty to report suspected abuse

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 190-196

  Foreman, Tonya ^a,b   Bernet, William ^a,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; PEDIATRICS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; PEDIATRICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034189695     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559500005002010     Document Type: Article

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