Therapeutic relationships and boundary maintenance: The perspective of forensic patients enrolled in a treatment program for violent offenders

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6-7, 2003, Pages 605-625

  Schafer, Penny ^a   Peternelj Taylor, Cindy ^b  

^a Regional Psychiatric Centre   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIENCE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NURSE; OFFENDER; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PRISONERS; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0242468314     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840305320     Document Type: Article

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