title: The children's hearing system and the health visitor's role.
abstract: Scotland's legal system is widely acknowledged to deal more sensitively with child protection cases. Here Karen Devlin describes the children's hearing system and discusses the role of the health visitor working with families in crisis and coming before a panel hearing.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Devlin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D012380:Role; D012606:Scotland