Prevalence, Prediction, and Prevention of Psychologist Misconduct

Australian Psychologist

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 68-76

  Grenyer, Brin F S ^a   Lewis, Kate L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary violations; Ethics; Impairment; Malpractice; Misconduct

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861304210     PISSN: 00050067     EISSN: 17429544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2010.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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