Beyond empathy: Confronting certain complexities in self psychology theory

Psychoanalytic Quarterly

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 259-282

  Tuch, Richard H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0030925468     PISSN: 00332828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21674086.1997.11927534     Document Type: Review

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