Rethinking boundaries: Ethical dilemmas in the social worker-client relationship

Journal of Progressive Human Services

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1-24

  Dietz, Christine ^a   Thompson, Joanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Ethics; Relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248602076     PISSN: 10428232     EISSN: 15407616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/j059v15n01_01     Document Type: Article

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