The treatment of eating disorders remains controversial, protracted, and often unsuccessful. Therapists face a number of impediments to the optimal care fo their patients, from transference to difficulties in dealing with the patient's family.
Treating Eating Disorders addresses the pressure and responsibility faced by practicing therapists in the treatment of eating disorders. Legal, ethical, and interpersonal issues involving compulsory treatment, food refusal and forced feeding, managed care, treatment facilities, terminal care, and how the gender of the therapist affects treatment figure centrally in this invaluable navigational guide.
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The treatment of eating disorders remains controversial, protracted, and often unsuccessful. Therapists face a number of impediments to the optimal care fo their patients, from transference to difficulties in dealing with the patient's family.
Treating Eating Disorders addresses the pressure and responsibility faced by practicing therapists in the treatment of eating disorders. Legal, ethical, and interpersonal issues involving compulsory treatment, food refusal and forced feeding, managed care, treatment facilities, terminal care, and how the gender of the therapist affects treatment figure centrally in this invaluable navigational guide.
Imprint | New York University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | December 1998 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | December 1998 |
Editors | P.J.V. Beumont |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 250 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8147-8754-0 |
Barcode | 9780814787540 |
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LSN | 0-8147-8754-1 |