Navigating the ethics of Internet-guided self-help interventions

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2018, Pages

  Borgueta, A Maya ^a   Purvis, Clare K ^a   Newman, Michelle G ^b  

^a Lantern   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

digital health; ethics; guided self help; internet; interventions; telepsychology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SELF HELP;

EID: 85043236580     PISSN: 09695893     EISSN: 14682850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cpsp.12235     Document Type: Review

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