Boundary violations: Do some contended standards of care fail to encompass commonplace procedures of humanistic, behavioral, and eclectic psychotherapies?

Psychotherapy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 238-249

  Williams, Martin H ^a,b  

^a Priv Pract Clin Forensic Psychol   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0031454277     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087717     Document Type: Review

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