Praying with a patient constitutes a breach of professional boundaries in psychiatric practice

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 94-98

  Poole, Rob ^a   Cook, Christopher C H ^b  

^a GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSULTATION; DEPRESSION; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HOMOPHOBIA; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHIATRY; RELIGION; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TRUST;

EID: 79960996299     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.096529     Document Type: Review

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