The shackles of abuse: Unprepared to work at the edges of reason

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 679-686

  Warne, T ^a   Mcandrew, S ^b  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child sex abuse; Mental health nurses; Preparedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COUNSELING; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COUNSELING; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING;

EID: 28144436946     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: 13652850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2005.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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