Client or Former Client? Implications of Ex-Client Definition on Social Work Practice

Social Work

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-64

  Mattison, Debra ^a,b   Jayaratne, Srinika ^c   Croxton, Tom ^c  

^a ST JOSEPH MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Client definition; Ethics; Practice standards; Professional behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0036357535     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/47.1.55     Document Type: Article

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