Treatment Counselor's Attitudes about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered Clients: Urban vs. Rural Settings

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 625-644

  Eliason, Michele J ^a   Hughes, Tonda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

"Substance abuse"; Attitudes; Bisexual; Cultural competence; Gay; Homophobia; Lesbian; Substance user treatment; Transgender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEREK ATTITUDE ABOUT LESBIAN AND GAY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; LESBIAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PHOBIA; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TRANSSEXUALISM; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 16544381019     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/JA-120030063     Document Type: Article

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