Ten strategies for psychology trainees and practicing psychologists interested in avoiding ethical and legal perils

Psychotherapy

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 398-403

  Plante, Thomas G ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LAW SUIT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0033499443     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087841     Document Type: Article

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