Coercive Influences: Informed Consent in Court-Mandated Social Work Practice

Social Work

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 300-306

  Regehr, Cheryl ^a   Antle, Beverley ^b  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Client rights; Discretion; Ethics; Informed consent; Self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141803517     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/42.3.300     Document Type: Article

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