Abandoned babies and absent policies

Health Policy

Volumn 93, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 157-164

  Mueller, Joanne ^a   Sherr, Lorraine ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned baby; Infant outcome; Infanticide; Mental health; Policy; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD WELFARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD, ABANDONED; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MENTAL HEALING;

EID: 70350596352     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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