Burnout and secondary trauma among forensic interviewers of abused children

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-234

  Perron, Brian E ^a   Hiltz, Barbara S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Burnout; Forensic Interviewing; Secondary Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748536380     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-005-0044-3     Document Type: Article

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