Towards a national psychology ethics code: Systematic analysis of australian professional and registration board standards

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 263-269

  Lewis, Kate L ^a   Sandquist, Karin G ^a   Stark, Ann M ^b   Grenyer, Brin F S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Ethics; Malpractice; Professional standards; Regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859066486     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00050060903062746     Document Type: Article

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