Predicting child abuse and neglect: Ethical, theoretical and methodological challenges

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1193-1200

  Taylor, Julie ^a,b   Baldwin, Norma ^b   Spencer, Nick ^c  

^a Department of Family Health ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Neglect; Nurses; Nursing; Prediction; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MASS SCREENING; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHILD ABUSE; ETHICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MIDWIFERY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42349109256     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2007.02192.x     Document Type: Article

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