'Good practice' for expert witnesses

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 365-383

  Tufnell, Guinevere ^a   Cottrell, David ^c   Georgiades, Daphne ^b  

^a Forest Healthcare Trust   (United Kingdom)

^b Leadership Corporation

^c NONE

Author keywords

Children Act; Court report; Expert witness

Indexed keywords

EID: 7844220728     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104596013006     Document Type: Article

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