Effects of legally mandated child-abuse reports on the therapeutic relationship: A survey of psychotherapists

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 112-122

  Steinberg, Karen L ^a   Levine, Murray ^b   Doueck, Howard J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; INFORMED CONSENT; LAW; LEGAL LIABILITY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTH AMERICA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031045956     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0080216     Document Type: Article

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