Culturally appropriate career counseling with gay and lesbian clients

Career Development Quarterly

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-177

  Pope, Mark ^a   Barret, Bob ^b   Szymanski, Dawn M ^a   Chung, Y Barry ^c   Singaravelu, Hemla ^d   McLean, Ron ^e   Sanabria, Samuel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f ARGOSY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 11844295400     PISSN: 08894019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2004.tb00987.x     Document Type: Article

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