Treating eating disorders : ethical, legal, and personal issues / edited by Walter Vandereycken and Pierre J.V. Beumont.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vandereycken, Walter, 1949-

Beumont, Pierre J. V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eating disorders--Treatment--Moral and ethical aspects.

Eating disorders.

Eating disorders--Law and legislation.

Psychotherapist and patient.

Eating disorders--Treatment.

Physical Description:

x, 286 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, 1998.

Summary:

The treatment of eating disorders remains controversial, protracted, and often unsuccessful. Therapists face a number of impediments to the optimal care of 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0814787533

0814787541

OCLC:

38574494