Marriage and Family Counseling: Ethics in Context

The Family Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-466

  Southern, Stephen ^a   Smith, Robert L ^a   Oliver, Marvarene ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

Author keywords

ethics; helping; values; virtue; vocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444582962     PISSN: 10664807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066480705278688     Document Type: Article

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