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Child protection dilemmas in a ‘not‐existing’ pattern of abuse
Author(s) -
Reder Peter,
Duncan Sylvia,
Gray Moira
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1467-6427
pISSN - 0163-4445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-6427.1993.00740.x
Subject(s) - child abuse , child protection , psychology , shut down , developmental psychology , medicine , medical emergency , suicide prevention , poison control , nursing , engineering , nuclear engineering
Three cases from a larger review of child abuse inquiry reports are discussed. The abuse the children suffered is termed ‘not‐existing’ because they had been shut away until they perished. Interaction between the children's caretakers and the child protection professionals is examined within a revised framework of the double‐bind.