Paternity fraud and compensation for misattributed paternity

Journal of Medical Ethics

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 475-480

  Draper, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPENSATION; ETHICS; FATHER; FEMALE; FORGERY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTHER; PATERNITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECUMBENCY;

COMPENSATION AND REDRESS; DECEPTION; FATHERS; FEMALE; FRAUD; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTING; PATERNITY; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 34547812742     PISSN: 03066800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2005.013268     Document Type: Article

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