Legal and ethical issues involved when counseling minors in nonschool settings

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 130-136

  Lawrence, Gabrielle ^a   Robinson Kurpius, Sharon E ^b  

^a New Song Ctr for Grieving Children   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; JUVENILE; LEGAL ASPECT; MANDATORY REPORTING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MANDATORY REPORTING; MINORS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE;

EID: 0034418250     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2000.tb02570.x     Document Type: Article

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