Child abuse reporting: Rethinking child protection

JAMA

Volumn 308, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 37-38

  Kim, Susan C ^a   Gostin, Lawrence O ^a   Cole, Thomas B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD SAFETY; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHILD WELFARE; CLERGY; COUNSELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; FOSTER CARE; FUNDING; HUMAN; LAW; LAW SUIT; MEDICAL ETHICS; PEER REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RESPONSIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SHORT SURVEY; WELLBEING; ARTICLE; CHILD; ETHICS; GOVERNMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; SPORT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CLERGY; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MANDATORY REPORTING; SPORTS; STATE GOVERNMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863528001     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2012.6414     Document Type: Short Survey

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