Boundary Issues in Social Work: Managing Dual Relationships

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 121-133

  Reamer, Frederic G ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Dual relationships; Ethics; NASW Code of Ethics; Values

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ETHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK;

CODES OF ETHICS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0037270554     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.1.121     Document Type: Review

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