A SECOND CALL FOR CLINICAL HUMILITY AND JUDICIAL VIGILANCE:: Comments on Tippins and Wittmann (2005)

Family Court Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 253-259

  Gould, Jonathan W ^a   Martindale, David A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

child custody; clinical judgment; rules of evidence; scientifically informed; ultimate issue testimony

Indexed keywords

EID: 85178947451     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2005.00025.x     Document Type: Note

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