letter writing in clinical practice for mental health professionals /
Derek Steinberg.
Philadelphia :
Routledge,
2000.
xii, 130 pages ;
24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-126) and indexes.
1. Introduction: reasons for writing -- 2. Letters: benefits, risks and side-effects -- 3. Beginnings: invitations to the clinic -- 4. Writing for referrer and patient -- 5. Work in progress I: starting, negotiating, renegotiating -- 6. Work in progress II: general maintenance -- 7. Some special situations -- 8. Endings -- 9. What recipients think of letters -- 10. Conclusions.