Does academic training background make a difference among practicing marriage and family therapists?

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 321-336

  Simmons, Deborah S ^a   Doherty, William J ^b  

^a PACIFICA Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MARITAL THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CREDENTIALING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY THERAPY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MARITAL THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032112578     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1998.tb01088.x     Document Type: Article

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