When clients seek treatment for same-sex attraction: Ethical issues in the 'right to choose' debate

Psychotherapy

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 248-259

  Yarhouse, Mark A ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHICS; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; PATIENT RIGHT; RELIGION; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031784994     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/h0087753     Document Type: Article

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