Attitudes and child abuse reporting behaviours among Hong Kong GPs

Family Practice

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-201

  Leung, Phil W S ^a   Wong, William C W ^b   Tang, Catherine S K ^a   Lee, Albert ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abuse reporting; Child abuse; GP; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE;

EID: 79953154080     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmq096     Document Type: Article

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