Therapeutic collaboration and formalized feedback: Using perspectives from Vygotsky and Bakhtin to shed light on practices in a family therapy unit

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 81-95

  Sundet, Rolf ^a  

^a Sykehuset Buskerud HF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Conversational and conceptual tools; Feedback; Patient focused research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; METHODOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FAMILY THERAPY; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 74849098440     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104509341449     Document Type: Review

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