Working systemically following abuse: Exploring safe uncertainty

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 264-274

  Robinson, Gary ^a   Whitney, Lucia ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Responsibility; Safe uncertainty; Systemic

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049435683     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199907/08)8:4<264::AID-CAR532>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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