Boundary Issues and Multiple Relationships: Fantasy and Reality

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 401-410

  Barnett, Jeffrey E ^a   Lazarus, Arnold A ^b   Vasquez, Melba J T ^b   Moorehead Slaughter, Olivia ^c   Johnson, W Brad ^d  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Boston University School of Medicine ^*

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

boundaries; decision making; diversity; ethics; multiple relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 34648851391     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.38.4.401     Document Type: Article

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