Moving from blame to quality: How to respond to failures in child protective services

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 963-968

  Lachman, Peter ^a   Bernard, Claudia ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blame; Child abuse; Improvement; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEATH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL CARE; TRAINING;

EID: 33749245332     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2006.07.002     Document Type: Note

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