Did the apa misrepresent the scientific literature to courts in support of homosexual custody?

Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 313-332

  Cameron, Paul ^a   Cameron, Kirk ^a  

^a Family Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; CASE REPORT; CHILD REARING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRIMINAL LAW; CUSTODY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL APPROACH; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION; BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; LEGAL APPROACH;

CHILD CUSTODY; CHILD REARING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRIMINAL LAW; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031132091     PISSN: 00223980     EISSN: 19401019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00223989709603518     Document Type: Article

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