Termination and Abandonment: History, Risk, and Risk Management

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 498-504

  Younggren, Jeffrey N ^a   Gottlieb, Michael C ^b  

^a AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

abandonment; ethics; risk management; termination

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349177057     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7028.39.5.498     Document Type: Article

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