The function of professional boundaries in the therapeutic relationship between male practitioners and female youth clients

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-313

  Okamoto, Scott K ^a,b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Girls; Practitioner; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543038253     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024561109996     Document Type: Article

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