Growing Up Under a Shadow: Key Issues in Research on and Treatment of Children Born of Rape

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 386-397

  Van Ee, Elisa ^a   Kleber, Rolf J ^b  

^a Foundation Center '45   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Parent child relationship; Rape; Secondary trauma; Unwanted pregnancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890788453     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.2270     Document Type: Article

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