Can MFTs address spirituality with clients in publically funded agencies?

Contemporary Family Therapy

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 102-116

  Ahn, Yeo Jin ^a   Miller, Marianne McInnes ^a  

^a ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bowen; Ethics; Public sector; Spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952876624     PISSN: 08922764     EISSN: 15733335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10591-009-9107-5     Document Type: Article

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