Treating infidelity: Clinical and ethical directions

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1453-1465

  Snyder, Douglas K ^a   Doss, Brian D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affair; Confidentiality; Duty to warn; Ethics; Extramarital relationship; Infidelity

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFIDELITY; INFORMED CONSENT; MARITAL THERAPY; MARRIAGE; MONOGAMY; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DISCLOSURE; DUTY TO WARN; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL VALUES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31544464048     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.20194     Document Type: Review

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