COMMENTARY ON KELLY AND JOHNSTON'S “THE ALIENATED CHILD: A REFORMULATION OF PARENTAL ALIENATION SYNDROME”

Family Court Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 611-621

  Gardner, Richard A ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

child custody; disputes; divorce; divorce difficulties in; family; parental alienation syndrome

Indexed keywords

EID: 85165561997     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.174-1617.2004.tb01327.x     Document Type: Article

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