Motivational, ethical, and epistemological foundations in the treatment of unwanted homoerotic attraction

Journal of Marital and Family Therapy

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-28

  Rosik, Christopher H ^a  

^a Link Care Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ETHICS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE; EROTICA; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0037984409     PISSN: 0194472X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb00379.x     Document Type: Review

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