Treatment of homosexuality during apartheid

British Medical Journal

Volumn 329, Issue 7480, 2004, Pages 1415-1416

  Kaplan, Robert M ^a  

^a Level 1   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CASTRATION; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOMOSEXUALITY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDE; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 10844249998     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1415     Document Type: Editorial

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