Oedipus - Baby or bathwater? A review of psychoanalytic theories of homosexual development

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-55

  Izzard, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; OEDIPUS COMPLEX; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY; REVIEW;

EID: 0032855237     PISSN: 02659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1999.tb00490.x     Document Type: Review

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