Improving mental health assessments in child protection through audit

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-182

  Paxton, Roger ^a   Grundon, Jenny ^b   Holt, Rachel ^c  

^a TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Mental health assessments

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944486107     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199905/06)8:3<172::AID-CAR542>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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