Protecting children: Intuition and awareness in the work of health visitors

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 572-579

  Ling, Margaret S ^a   Luker, Karen A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child protection; Ethnography; Health visiting; Intuitive awareness; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUITION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AWARENESS; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ADVOCACY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTUITION; JOB DESCRIPTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PARENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0034267371     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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