Attitudes of academic pediatricians with a specific interest in child abuse toward the spanking of children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1049-1053

  Fargason Jr , Crayton A ^a   Chernoff, Robin G ^b   Socolar, Rebecca R S ^c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham and Children's Hospital   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD REARING; HUMAN; NEGLECT; PEDIATRICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 10244255221     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170350051009     Document Type: Article

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