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The Placement of Children Following Non‐Accidental Head Injuries: Are They Protected From Further Harm?
Author(s) -
Stephens Amanda,
Oates Kim
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
child abuse review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.569
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1099-0852
pISSN - 0952-9136
DOI - 10.1002/car.2335
Subject(s) - accidental , harm , statutory law , head (geology) , affect (linguistics) , head injury , medicine , medical emergency , psychology , political science , law , psychiatry , social psychology , physics , communication , geomorphology , acoustics , geology
Key Practitioner Messages: Most children with non‐accidental head injury are removed from their parents in New South Wales, Australia. Despite high rates of removal, re‐notification to the statutory authority, including for risk of physical harm, remains high. Further research is needed on how placement might affect ongoing involvement of non‐accidental head injury victims with the statutory authority.