Nurse reporting of known and suspected child abuse and neglect cases in Taiwan

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 128-137

  Lee, Pei Yu ^a,b   Fraser, Jennifer A ^b   Chou, Fan Hao ^c  

^a SHU ZEN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Child abuse and neglect; Knowledge; Perception; Suspecting and reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN;

EID: 34247543026     PISSN: 1607551X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1607-551X(09)70387-0     Document Type: Article

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