Child protection dilemmas in a 'not-existing' pattern of abuse |
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| Authors: | Peter Reder,Sylvia Duncan&dagger ,Moira Gray&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Centre for Relationship Studies, 1 Wolverton Gardens, London W6 7DQ, UK (corresponding address from April 1993, before which: Department of Child and Family Psychiatry, Charing Cross Hospital, 2 Wolverton Gardens, London W6 7DY, UK).;Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Child Care Consultant, Baker and Duncan Child Care Consultants, Ashwood Centre, Ashwood Road, Woking, Surrey GU22 7JR, UK.;Principal Social Work Practitioner, Gayton Child and Family Service, 82 Gayton Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 2LS. |
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| Abstract: | 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. |
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