Therapeutic alliance as a measurable psychotherapy skill

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-165

  Summers, Richard F ^a   Barber, Jacques P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PEDAGOGICS; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; REVIEW; SKILL; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0041920633     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.27.3.160     Document Type: Review

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