Practical and Ethical Assessment Issues in Rural, Impoverished, and Managed Care Settings

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-168

  Turchik, Jessica A ^a   Karpenko, Veronika ^a   Hammers, Dustin ^a   McNamara, John R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Impoverished care settings; Managed care; Psychological testing and assessment; Rural practitioners

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248346374     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.2.158     Document Type: Article

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