Defining best practice in care and protection of children in crisis-affected settings: A Delphi study

Child Development

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1271-1286

  Ager, Alastair ^a   Stark, Lindsay ^a   Akesson, Bree ^a   Boothby, Neil ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DELPHI STUDY; DISASTER PLANNING; E-MAIL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; DISASTER PLANNING; ELECTRONIC MAIL; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE;

EID: 77955133221     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2010.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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