Compliance of social work e-therapy websites to the NASW code of ethics

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-13

  Santhiveeran, Janaki ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Code of Ethics; Compliance; E therapy; Mixed method; NASW

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD;

CODES OF ETHICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIAL WORK; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 61449175743     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802231216     Document Type: Article

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