Influence of Client Diagnosis--Cancer--On Counselor Decisions.

Pinkerton, Susan S.; McAleer, Charles A.

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Publication Date: 1976

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Influence of Client Diagnosis--Cancer--On Counselor Decisions

Pinkerton, Susan S.; McAleer, Charles A.

Journal of Counseling Psychology, 23, 6, 575-578, Nov 76

Practicing counselors (N=34) were asked to complete tasks related to counseling and service delivery with the cancer patient. The results support conclusions that counselors are likely to provide less counseling and case services to cancer patients than to patients with other equally devastating disease-related disabilities. (Author)

Descriptors: Agency Role, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Cancer, Caseworker Approach, Counselor Attitudes, Helping Relationship, Rehabilitation Counseling, Research Projects, Special Health Problems

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Attitudes Toward Disabled Persons Scale

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