Science versus orthodoxy: Anatomy of the congressional condemnation of a scientific article and reflections on remedies for future ideological attacks

Applied and Preventive Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 211-225

  Rind, Bruch ^a,c   Bauserman, Robert ^a,b   Tromovitch, Philip ^a,b  

^a State of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Congressional condemnation; Meta analysis; Orthodoxy; Science

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044523259     PISSN: 09621849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0962-1849(00)80001-3     Document Type: Article

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