Dual relationships in mental health practice: Issues for clinicians in rural settings

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 38, Issue 11-12, 2004, Pages 953-959

  Scopelliti, Joseph ^a   Judd, Fiona ^a   Grigg, Margaret ^c   Hodgins, Gene ^b   Fraser, Cait ^a   Hulbert, Carol ^b   Endacott, Ruth ^c   Wood, Anita ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dual relationships; Mental health; Rural

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA BASE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBASE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL WORK;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIES; PROFESSIONAL PATIENT RELATIONSHIP;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHIATRY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRUST;

EID: 11144333026     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1614.2004.01486.x     Document Type: Review

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