Is There a Slippery Slope? Considerations Regarding Multiple Relationships and Risk Management

Professional Psychology: Research and Practice

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 564-571

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

^a The Trust ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

boundaries; ethical decision making; multiple relations; risk management; slippery slope

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949088157     PISSN: 07357028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017231     Document Type: Article

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