The ethics of relationality: The moral views of therapists engaged in marital and family therapy

Family Relations

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-149

  Wall, John ^a,b   Needham, Thomas ^c   Browning, Don S ^a   James, Susan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Dominican College   (United States)

^d WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ethics; Family; Individualism; Relationality; Therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039257121     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/585077     Document Type: Article

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