Following Up Children Who Have Been Abused: Ethical Considerations for Research Design

Child Psychology and Psychiatry Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 68-75

  Lynch, Margaret A ^a   Glaser, Danya ^b   Prior, Vivien ^a,b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; research design; sample; sexual abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 85010108112     PISSN: 13606417     EISSN: 14753588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1360641799001884     Document Type: Article

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