Covert video surveillance of parents suspected of child abuse: The British experience and alternative approaches

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 311-327

  Bauer, Keith A ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Community ethics; Covert surveillance; Informed consent; Privacy; Provider patient relationship; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MONITORING; MORALITY; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PRIVACY; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; LEGAL APPROACH;

CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECEPTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME BY PROXY; PARENTS; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 7244227854     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-004-3145-7     Document Type: Article

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