When a psychiatry resident's patient commits suicide: Transference trials and tribulations

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 459-475

  Misch, Donald A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEATH; HUMAN; LEARNING; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SUICIDE; TRANSFERENCE;

ADULT; ANGER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; SHAME; SUICIDE; TRANSFERENCE (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0141619263     PISSN: 00903604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.31.3.459.22134     Document Type: Review

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