A way to restore british paediatricians' engagement with child protection

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-332

  Mathews, Ben ^a   Payne, Heather ^b   Bonnet, Catherine ^c   Chadwick, David ^c  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LAW; PEDIATRICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHICS; FEMALE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 65649095548     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.154997     Document Type: Review

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