The use of communication technology in private practice: Ethical implications and boundary dilemmas in therapy

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 275-293

  Negretti, Michael A ^a   Wieling, Elizabeth ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Communication technology; Ethical dilemmas; Marital and family therapy; Private practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035438116     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011178915547     Document Type: Article

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