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Editorial
. 2020 Jul 27;4(1):e000675.
doi: 10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000675. eCollection 2020.

Hitting children is wrong

Tony Waterston  1 , Staffan Janson  2
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Editorial

Hitting children is wrong

Tony Waterston et al. BMJ Paediatr Open. .
No abstract available

Keywords: child abuse; ethics.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Publicity leaflet Swedish: Can you bring up children successfully without smacking of spanking?
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Publicity leaflet English.
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References

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    1. Convention on the rights of the child. Available: https://www.unicef.org/child-rights-convention
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