Factors influencing therapist selection among gays, lesbians and bisexuals

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-297

  Kaufman, Judith S ^a   Carlozzi, Alfred F ^b   Boswell, Donald L ^b   Barnes, Laura L B ^b   Wheeler Scruggs, Kathy ^b   Levy, Patricia A ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; DECISION MAKING; HOMOSEXUALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

EID: 0030664853     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515079708254180     Document Type: Article

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