Working in the mother-tongue: First language provision and cultural matching in inter-cultural therapy

British Journal of Psychotherapy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-58

  Gowrisunkur, Jaya ^a   Burman, Erica ^b   Walker, Kanta ^c  

^a TAMESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Tameside General Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MODEL; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 0036745943     PISSN: 02659883     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0118.2002.tb00061.x     Document Type: Article

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