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Medical Neglect

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children: "Psychosocial Evaluation of Suspected Psychological Maltreatment in Children and Adolescents" - abstract
Andrew Skolnick
Anne's Anti-Quackery & Science Blog
Asser, Seth & Swan, Rita: "Child Fatalities from Religion-Motivated Medical Neglect" - abstract
Bergman, Jerry, Ph.D.: "Lying in Court and Religion: An Analysis of the Theocratic Warfare Doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses" - abstract
Boyle, Robin A.: "How Children in Cults May Use Emancipation Laws to Free Themselves"
Center for Inquiry International Transnational
Children's Healthcare is a Legal Duty, Inc. (C.H.I.L.D.) - link
Commission for Scientific Medicine and Mental Health
Dhira, Govinda Das: "A Response to the Two Child Abuse Articles" - Hare Krishna
Hominik, David: "Cults in American Society: A Legal Analysis of Undue Influence, Fraud, and Misrepresentation"
Landa_Susan: "Children and Cults: A Practical Guide"
Langone, Michael, Ph.D.: "Children and Cults -- excerpt from Recovery from Cults
Markowitz, Arnold, C.S.W. & Halperin, David A., M.D.: "Cults and Children: The Abuse of the Young" - abstract
Meikle, Jessie: "Imposed Anorexia: A Model of Dietary Restriction in Four Ideological Groups" - abstract
Muster, Nori: "Authoritarian Culture and Child Abuse in ISKCON" - abstract
National Council Against Health Fraud - link
Quackwatch - link
Rochford, Burke: "Child Abuse in the Hare Krishna Movement:1971-1986" - (full text 237k)
Rochford, Burke: "Further Reflections on Child Abuse within ISKCON" - Hare Krishna
Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine (SRAM)
Scientific Review of Mental Health Practice (SRMHP)

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