Culturally competent psychotherapy

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-170

  Lo, Hung Tat ^a   Fung, Kenneth P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Cultural competence; Culture; Ethnic; Ethnocultural; Formulation; Process; Psychotherapeutic skills; Psychotherapy; World view

Indexed keywords

COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037986327     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370304800304     Document Type: Review

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