What's in a name? named doctor in child protection—interpretation and implementation of the role

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 335-346

  Polnay, Janet C ^a   Curnock, David A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Child protection; Named doctor; Service; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646337978     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.816     Document Type: Article

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