Classification of child abuse by motive and degree rather than type of injury

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Southall, D P ^a   Samuels, M P ^a   Golden, M H ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTIVATION; NEGLECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD WELFARE; CRIME; CULTURE; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0037308973     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.2.101     Document Type: Review

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