Child abuse study among Swedish physicians and medical students

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-182

  Borres, Magnus P ^a,b   Hägg, Anna ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Jonkoping Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abuse; Children; Education; Maltreatment; Neglect

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WORK;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34147148655     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02331.x     Document Type: Article

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