Therapists' and clients' perceptions of routine outcome measurement in the NHS: A qualitative study

Counselling and Psychotherapy Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-80

  Unsworth, Gisela ^a   Cowie, Helen ^b   Green, Anita ^c  

^a KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c SUSSEX PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CORE Net; counselling; practice based evidence; psychotherapy; routine outcome measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858685937     PISSN: 14733145     EISSN: 17461405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14733145.2011.565125     Document Type: Article

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