Risk management with the suicidal patient: Lessons from case law

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 359-366

  Baerger, Dana Royce ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035536584     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.32.4.359     Document Type: Article

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