Kindergarten teachers' experience of reporting child abuse in Taiwan: Dancing on the edge

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-409

  Feng, Jui Ying ^a   Chen, Shu Jung ^b   Wilk, Nancy C ^c   Yang, Wan Ping ^a   Fetzer, Susan ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Education; Kindergarten teacher; Legal ethics; Mandatory report

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349083331     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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