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Do Australian Behaviourists Have a Heart?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Nada J. Murphy
Nada J. Murphy*
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Private Practice, Western Australia
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Abstract

Are Australian behaviourists compassionate and caring? Do we bother to find out what our consumers want? Do our consumers find our approach acceptable or are we running the risk of becoming an endangered species? These questions are considered along with how we might approach the problems the species of Australian behaviourists face so that our heart can beat steadily well in to the nineties.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 32 - 37
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1992

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