Sexual boundary violations committed by female forensic workers

Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 154-163

  Faulkner, Christina ^a   Regehr, Cheryl ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PRISONER; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; PRISONERS; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 79959478894     PISSN: 10936793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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