Perspectives on newborn abandonment

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 108-111

  Bradley, Darlene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infanticide; Newborn abandonment; Safe havens

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LAW; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN DEATH; NEWBORN MORTALITY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, UNWANTED; CRIME; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ORPHANAGES; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037392172     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006565-200304000-00012     Document Type: Review

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