COMMENTARY ON “EMPIRICAL AND ETHICAL PROBLEMS WITH CUSTODY RECOMMENDATIONS:” WHAT NOW?

Family Court Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 223-228

  Grisso, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

child custody; evaluations; practice standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749459666     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00020.x     Document Type: Note

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