Children, best interests and the courts: A response to Bridgeman

Clinical Ethics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 188-194

  Lyons, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84992897625     PISSN: 14777509     EISSN: 1758101X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ce.2010.010039     Document Type: Article

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