Asgw best practice guidelines as a research tool: A comprehensive examination of the critical incident stress debriefing

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 175-192

  Pender, Debra Ann ^a   Prichard, Karen K ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practice guidelines; Crisis groups; Critical incident stress debriefing; Research tools

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950735342     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01933920902807147     Document Type: Article

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